Amos 6:9

Amos 6:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
• New International Version (NIV)If ten people are left in one house, they too will die.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And if ten men remain in one house, they shall die.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then it shall come to pass, that if ten men remain in one house, they shall die.

Context of Amos 6:9

7Therefore, they will now go into exile with the first of the captives, And the cultic revelry and banqueting of those who lounge around [on their luxurious couches] will pass away. 8The Lord God has sworn [an oath] by Himself—the Lord God of hosts, says: “I loathe and reject the [self-centered] arrogance of Jacob (Israel), And I hate his palaces and citadels; Therefore, I shall hand over the [idolatrous] city [of Samaria] with all that it contains [to the Assyrian invaders].” And it shall come to pass that if there remain ten men in one house, they shall die [by the pestilence that comes with war]. 10Then one’s uncle, or his undertaker, shall come to bring the [disease-infected] body out of the house, [to cremate it], and he will say to another in the farthest part of the house, “Is there anyone else with you?” And that one will say, “No one.” Then he will respond, “Hush! Keep quiet! For the name of the Lord is not to be mentioned [even casually, for fear that we might invoke even more punishment].” 11For behold, the Lord is going to command that the great house be smashed to pieces and the small house to fragments.

Amos 6:9 word by word

וְהָיָ֗ה אִם־יִוָּ֨תְר֜וּ עֲשָׂרָ֧ה אֲנָשִׁ֛ים בְּבַ֥יִת אֶחָ֖ד וָמֵֽתוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it shall come to pass, if there remainיָתַרyâthar · to remainH3498
• tenעֶשֶׂר‛eώer ‛ăώârâh · tenH6235
• menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• in oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• that they shall dieמוּתmûth · to dieH4191

Cross-references for Amos 6:9

• Amos 5:3For thus says the Lord God, “The city which goes forth a thousand strong Will have a hundred left, And the one which goes forth a hundred strong Will have ten left to the house of Israel.”
• 1 Samuel 2:33Yet I will not cut off every man of yours from My altar; your eyes will fail from weeping and your soul will grieve, and all those born in your house will die as men [in the prime of life].
• Esther 5:11Then Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, the large number of his sons, and every instance in which the king had magnified him and how he had promoted him over the officials and servants of the king.
• Esther 9:10the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jews’ enemy; but they did not lay their hands on the plunder.
• Job 1:2Seven sons and three daughters were born to him.
• Job 20:28The produce and increase of his house will depart [with the victors]; His possessions will be dragged away in the day of God’s wrath.
• Psalms 109:13Let his descendants be cut off, And in the following generation let their name be blotted out.
• Isaiah 14:21Prepare a slaughtering place for his sons Because of the wickedness [the sin, the injustice, the wrongdoing] of their fathers. They must not rise and take possession of the earth, And fill the face of the world with cities.”

Commentaries on Amos 6:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Ten men - they shall die - All shall be cut off by the sword, or by captivity, or by famine.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9If there shall remain ten men - He probably still denounces the punishment of the rich inhabitants of the palaces, since in these only, of old, would there be found “ten men.” They died, it seems, at once, and so probably through the plague, the common companion. of the siege. The prophet had before compared them to Sodom. It may be, that, in this mention of “ten men,” he tacitly refers to the history of that destruction. Then God promised, not to destroy…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-14Verses 8-14 How dreadful, how miserable, is the case of those whose eternal ruin the Lord himself has sworn; for he can execute his purpose, and none can alter it! Those hearts are wretchedly hardened that will not be brought to mention God's name, and to worship him, when the hand of God is gone out against them, when sickness and death are in their families. Those that will not be tilled as fields, shall be abandoned as rocks. When our services of God…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-10These verses vividly describe the widespread killing due to military conquest as promised in Amos 6:8.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. If as many as ten (Le 26:26; Zec 8:23) remain in a house (a rare case, and only in the scattered villages, as there will be scarcely a house in which the enemy will leave any), they shall all, to a man, die of the plague, a frequent concomitant of war in the East (Jr 24:10; 44:13; Eze 6:11).Read the comment

Topics related to Amos 6:9

• War

In the dictionaries

• Banquet
• Chant
• Ease

Commentaries on Amos 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings