King James Version
Amos 6:9 in the King James Version says “And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.” — study this verse from Amos chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.”
Amos 6:9 · KJV
Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed.
The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein. that: Heb. the fulness thereof
And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD. we: or, they will not, or, have not
For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts. breaches: or, droppings
KJV Study — Public Domain
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“And it shall come to pass if there remain”
H3498to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively to leave, cause to abound, preserve
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
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