Amos 6:5

Amos 6:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
• New International Version (NIV)You strum away on your harps like David and improvise on musical instruments.
• English Standard Version (ESV)who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp and like David invent for themselves instruments of music,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Who sing idly to the sound of stringed instruments, And invent for yourselves musical instruments like David;

Context of Amos 6:5

3You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence. 4You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall. You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments. 6You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph. 7Therefore, you will now go into exile as the first of the captives, and your feasting and lounging will come to an end.

Amos 6:5 word by word

הַפֹּרְטִ֖ים עַל־פִּ֣י הַנָּ֑בֶל כְּדָוִ֕יד חָשְׁב֥וּ לָהֶ֖ם כְּלֵי־שִֽׁיר׃Read the interlinear

• You improviseפָּרַטpâraţ · to divideH6527
• songsעַל‛al · uponH5921
• on the harpפֶּהpeh · lip: wordH6310
• on the harpנֵ֫בֶלnebel nêbel · harpH5035
• like Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• and inventחָשַׁבchâshab · to devise: designH2803
• musicalשִׁירshîyr shîyrâh · songH7892
• instrumentsכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627

Cross-references for Amos 6:5

• Genesis 31:27Why did you run away secretly and deceive me, without even telling me? I would have sent you away with joy and singing, with tambourines and harps.
• Job 21:11They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,
• Ecclesiastes 2:8and I accumulated for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I gathered to myself male and female singers, and the delights of the sons of men—many concubines.
• Isaiah 5:12At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.
• 1 Peter 4:3For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.
• Revelation 18:22And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a millstone be heard in you again.
• Amos 5:23Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.
• Amos 8:3“In that day,” declares the Lord GOD, “the songs of the temple will turn to wailing. Many will be the corpses, strewn in silence everywhere!”
• 1 Chronicles 23:54,000 are to be gatekeepers, and 4,000 are to praise the LORD with the instruments I have made for giving praise.”

Commentaries on Amos 6:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5And invent to themselves instruments of music, like David - See the note on 1 Chronicles 23:5; and see especially the note on 2 Chronicles 29:25; (note). I believe that David was not authorized by the Lord to introduce that multitude of musical instruments into the Divine worship of which we read, and I am satisfied that his conduct in this respect is most solemnly reprehended by this prophet; and I farther believe that the use of such instruments of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5That chant to the voice of the lyre - Accompanying “the voice of the lyre” with the human voice; giving vocal expression and utterance to what the instrumental music spoke without words. The word, which Amos alone uses in this one place, describes probably a hurried flow of unmeaning, unconsidered words, in which the rhythm of words and music was everything, the sense, nothing; much like most glees. The English margin “quaver” has also some foundation in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6These verses describe people celebrating with excessive drinking and loud behavior.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. chant--literally, "mark distinct sounds and tones." viol--the lyre, or lute. invent ... instruments ... like David--They fancy they equal David in musical skill (1Ch 23:5; Ne 12:36). They defend their luxurious passion for music by his example: forgetting that he pursued this study when at peace and free from danger, and that for the praise of God; but they pursue for their own self-gratification, and that when God is angry and ruin is imminent.Read the comment

Topics related to Amos 6:5

• Amusements and Worldly Pleasures
• Confidence
• Conscience
• David
• Feasts
• Gluttony
• Invention
• Music
• Rich, the
• Worldliness

In the dictionaries

• David
• Banquet
• Chant
• Ease
• Music
• Pipe
• Amos (1)
• Bed; Bedchamber; Bedstead
• Commerce
• Jeroboam

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