Amos 5:13 KJV — MannaFest

Amos 5:13

Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

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WEB

Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.

ASV

Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.

YLT

Therefore is the wise at that time silent, For an evil time it is .

DBT

Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in this time; for it is an evil time.

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Amos — A herdsman of Tekoa sent north to Bethel — a shepherd-prophet preaching judgment on a prosperous, comfortable, oppressive society. ‘Let justice roll down.’

Author: Amos, a herdman of Tekoa in Judah, sent to Israel at Bethel (1:1, 7:14)
Date: c. 760–750 BC, during the reigns of Uzziah in Judah and Jeroboam II in Israel

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Ephesians 5:16
Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Ecclesiastes 3:7
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
Proverbs 29:11
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
Psalms 39:1
I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
Psalms 37:19
They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.

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Men will reckon it their prudence, when they are wronged and injured, to be silent, and make no complaints to the magistrates, for it will be to no purpose; they shall not have justice done them. (4.) They were malicious persecutors of God's faithful ministers and people,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Evil times will not bear plain dealing, that is evil men will not; and the men the prophet here speaks of had reason to think themselves evil men indeed, when wise and good them thought it in vain to speak to them and were afraid of having any thing to do with them. They are told of their danger and what judgments they lay exposed to for their sins.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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