Amos 5:8 BSB — MannaFest

Amos 5:8

He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth—the LORD is His name—

BSB

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ASV

seek him that maketh the Pleiades and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night; that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth (Jehovah is his name);

KJV

Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name:

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Seek him that maketh the seven stars,.... Which some connect with the preceding words, without a supplement, "they leave righteousness on the ground, who maketh the seven stars"; understanding it of Christ, the Lord our righteousness, who is made unto us righteousness, whom the Jews rejected and despised, though the Maker of the heavens and the constellations in them. Some continue, and supply the words thus, and remember not him "that maketh the seven stars", as Kimchi; or forget him, as Japhet in Aben Ezra.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

That maketh the seven stars and Orion - Or, Hyades and Arcturus, Kimah and Kesil. See my notes on Job 9:9; Job 38:32, where the subject of this verse is largely considered. Turneth the shadow of death into the morning - Who makes day and night, light and darkness. Calleth for the waters of the sea - Raising them up by evaporation, and collecting them into clouds. And poureth them out - Causing them to drop down in showers upon the face of the earth. Who has done this? Jehovah is his name.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

He names the stars well known to shepherds (to which class Amos belonged), Orion as the precursor of the tempests which are here threatened, and the Pleiades as ushering in spring. shadow of death--Hebraism for the densest darkness. calleth for the waters of the sea--both to send deluges in judgment, and the ordinary rain in mercy (1Ki 18:44).

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עֹשֵׂ֨ה	'o.Seh	[the] maker of	H6213 →
כִימָ֜ה	khi.Mah	Pleiades	H3598 →
וּכְסִ֗יל	u.khe.Sil	and Orion	H3685 →
וְהֹפֵ֤ךְ	ve.ho.Fekh	and [the one who] turns	H2015 →
לַבֹּ֙קֶר֙	la.Bo.ker	into <the> morning	H1242 →
צַלְמָ֔וֶת	tzal.Ma.vet	deep darkness	H6757 →
וְי֖וֹם	ve.Yom	and day	H3117 →
לַ֣יְלָה	Lay.lah	night	H3915 →
הֶחְשִׁ֑יךְ	hech.Shikh	he makes dark	H2821 →
הַקּוֹרֵ֣א	ha.ko.Re'	the [one who] summons	H7121 →
לְמֵֽי־	le.mei-	<to> [the] waters of	H4325 →
הַיָּ֗ם	hai.Yam	the sea	H3220 →
וַֽיִּשְׁפְּכֵ֛ם	vai.yish.pe.Khem	and he poured out them	H8210 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
פְּנֵ֥י	pe.Nei	[the] surface of	H6440 →
הָאָ֖רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the earth	H776 →
יְהוָ֥ה	Yah.weh	[is] Yahweh	H3068 →
שְׁמֽוֹ׃ ס	she.Mo	name his	H8034 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Amos 9:6
He builds His upper rooms in the heavens and founds His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth. The LORD is…
leads to
- Psalms 104:13
  He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His works.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 104:3
  laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.
Through
Amos 4:13
For behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth—the LORD, the God…
leads to
- Micah 1:3
  For behold, the LORD comes forth from His dwelling place; He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.
- Amos 9:6
  He builds His upper rooms in the heavens and founds His vault upon the earth. He summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth. The LORD is…
Through
Amos 8:9
And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.
leads to
- Mark 15:33
  From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
- Matthew 27:45
  From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
- Jeremiah 15:9
  The mother of seven will grow faint; she will breathe her last breath. Her sun will set while it is still day; she will be disgraced and humiliated. And the rest I will put…
- Luke 23:44
  It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over all the land until the ninth hour.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Amos

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Amos