King James Version
Amos 8:13 in the King James Version says “In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.” — study this verse from Amos chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.”
Amos 8:13 · KJV
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.
In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again. manner: Heb. way
KJV Study — Public Domain
“In that day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“virgins”
H1330a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state
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