New American Standard Bible 1995
Amos 2:10
10It was I who 1brought you up from the land of Egypt, And I led you in the wilderness 2forty years 3That you might take possession of the land of the 4Amorite.
Amos 2:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
- New International Version (NIV)I brought you up out of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness to give you the land of the Amorites.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Also it was I who brought you up out of the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Also it was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt, And led you forty years through the wilderness, To possess the land of the Amorite.
Context of Amos 2:10
8On garments taken as pledges they stretch out beside every altar, And in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined. 9“Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, Though his height was like the height of cedars And he was strong as the oaks; I even destroyed his fruit above and his root below. It was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt, And I led you in the wilderness forty years That you might take possession of the land of the Amorite. 11Then I raised up some of your sons to be prophets And some of your young men to be Nazirites. Is this not so, O sons of Israel?” declares the Lord. 12“But you made the Nazirites drink wine, And you commanded the prophets saying, ‘You shall not prophesy!’
Read all of Amos 2Amos 2:10 word by word
וְאָנֹכִ֛י הֶעֱלֵ֥יתִי אֶתְכֶ֖ם מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם וָאוֹלֵ֨ךְ אֶתְכֶ֤ם בַּמִּדְבָּר֙ אַרְבָּעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה לָרֶ֖שֶׁת אֶת־אֶ֥רֶץ הָאֱמֹרִֽי׃Read the interlinear
- broughtעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: establishH5927
- you up from the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
- And I ledהָלַךְhâlak · to go: takeH1980
- you in the wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
- fortyאַרְבָּעִים'arbâ‛îym · fortyH705
- yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
- That you might takeיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: takeH3423
- possessionיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: takeH3423
- Amoriteאֱמֹרִי'ĕmôrîy · AmoriteH567
Cross-references for Amos 2:10
- Exodus 12:51And on that same day the Lord brought the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts.
- Nehemiah 9:8You found his heart faithful before You, And made a covenant with him To give him the land of the Canaanite, Of the Hittite and the Amorite, Of the Perizzite, the Jebusite and the Girgashite-- To give it to his descendants. And You have fulfilled Your promise, For You are righteous.
- Psalms 105:42For He remembered His holy word With Abraham His servant;
- Psalms 136:10To Him who smote the Egyptians in their firstborn, For His lovingkindness is everlasting,
- Jeremiah 32:20who has set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and even to this day both in Israel and among mankind; and You have made a name for Yourself, as at this day.
- Ezekiel 20:10So I took them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness.
- Micah 6:4Indeed, I brought you up from the land of Egypt And ransomed you from the house of slavery, And I sent before you Moses, Aaron and Miriam.
- Numbers 14:34According to the number of days which you spied out the land, forty days, for every day you shall bear your guilt a year, even forty years, and you will know My opposition.
- Deuteronomy 2:7For the Lord your God has blessed you in all that you have done; He has known your wanderings through this great wilderness. These forty years the Lord your God has been with you; you have not lacked a thing.”’
- Deuteronomy 8:2You shall remember all the way which the Lord your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.
- Nehemiah 9:21Indeed, forty years You provided for them in the wilderness and they were not in want; Their clothes did not wear out, nor did their feet swell.
- Psalms 95:10For forty years I loathed that generation, And said they are a people who err in their heart, And they do not know My ways.
- Acts 7:42But God turned away and delivered them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, ‘It was not to Me that you offered victims and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, was it, O house of Israel?
- Acts 13:18For a period of about forty years He put up with them in the wilderness.
- Numbers 14:31Your children, however, whom you said would become a prey--I will bring them in, and they will know the land which you have rejected.
- Deuteronomy 1:20I said to you, ‘You have come to the hill country of the Amorites which the Lord our God is about to give us.
Commentaries on Amos 2:10
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-16Verses 9-16 We need often to be reminded of the mercies we have received; which add much to the evil of the sins we have committed. They had helps for their souls, which taught them how to make good use of their earthly enjoyments, and were therefore more valuable. Faithful ministers are great blessings to any people; but it is God that raises them up to be so. Sinners' own consciences will witness that he has not been wanting to them in the means of…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-16Israel: Amos listed the sins of Israel's neighbors, then revealed his main point: The Israelites would face the same consequences (similar to Nathan's use of prophetic speech to prompt self-judgment, 2 Samuel 12:1–13).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. brought you up from ... Egypt--"brought up" is the phrase, as Egypt was low and flat, and Canaan hilly. to possess the land of the Amorite--The Amorites strictly occupied both sides of the Jordan and the mountains afterward possessed by Judah; but they here, as in Am 2:9, stand for all the Canaanites. God kept Israel forty years in the wilderness, which tended to discipline them in His statutes, so as to be the better fitted for entering on the…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Amos 2
- 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
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