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Amos 5

Amos 5:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Therefore the prudent
sakal (Hebrew #7919)
to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent
KJV usage: consider, expert, instruct, prosper, (deal) prudent(-ly), (give) skill(-ful), have good success, teach, (have, make to) understand(-ing), wisdom, (be, behave self, consider, make) wise(- ly), guide wittingly.
Pronounce: saw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
shall keep silence
damam (Hebrew #1826)
to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish
KJV usage: cease, be cut down (off), forbear, hold peace, quiet self, rest, be silent, keep (put to) silence, be (stand) still, tarry, wait.
Pronounce: daw-man'
Origin: a prim root (compare 1724, 1820)
g in that time
`eth (Hebrew #6256)
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
KJV usage: + after, (al-)ways, X certain, + continually, + evening, long, (due) season, so (long) as, (even-, evening-, noon-)tide, ((meal-)), what) time, when.
Pronounce: ayth
Origin: from 5703
; for it is an evil
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
time
`eth (Hebrew #6256)
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
KJV usage: + after, (al-)ways, X certain, + continually, + evening, long, (due) season, so (long) as, (even-, evening-, noon-)tide, ((meal-)), what) time, when.
Pronounce: ayth
Origin: from 5703
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Amos 6:10• 10And 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 side 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 Jehovah. (Amos 6:10)
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Eccl. 3:7• 7A time to rend, and a time to sew;{HR}A time to keep silence, and a time to speak; (Eccl. 3:7)

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the prudent.
Amos 6:10• 10And 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 side 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 Jehovah. (Amos 6:10)
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Eccl. 3:7• 7A time to rend, and a time to sew;{HR}A time to keep silence, and a time to speak; (Eccl. 3:7)
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Isa. 36:21• 21And they were silent and answered him not a word; for the king's command was, saying, Answer him not. (Isa. 36:21)
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Hos. 4:4• 4Yet let not man strive, and let not man reprove; for thy people [are] as they that strive with the priest. (Hos. 4:4)
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Mic. 7:5‑7• 5Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
 6For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
 7{i}But as for me, I will look unto Jehovah; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.{/i} (Mic. 7:5‑7)
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Matt. 27:12‑14• 12{i}And when he was accused of the chief priests and the elders, he answered nothing.{/i}
 13{i}Then says Pilate to him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?{/i}
 14{i}And he answered him not so much as one word, so that the governor wondered exceedingly.{/i} (Matt. 27:12‑14)
an evil.
Eccl. 9:12• 12For man also knoweth not his time:{HR}As the fishes that are taken in an evil net,{HR}And as the birds that are caught in the snare,{HR}Even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time,{HR}When it falleth suddenly upon them. (Eccl. 9:12)
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Isa. 37:3• 3And they said to him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day [is] a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of contumely: for the children are come to the birth, and [there is] not strength to bring forth. (Isa. 37:3)
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Mic. 2:3• 3{i}Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye walk haughtily: for it is an evil time.{/i} (Mic. 2:3)
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Hab. 3:16• 16When I heard, my belly trembled; (Hab. 3:16)
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Zeph. 2:2‑3• 2before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of Jehovah come upon you before the day of Jehovah’s anger come upon you.
 3Seek ye Jehovah, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of Jehovah’s anger. (Zeph. 2:2‑3)
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Eph. 5:15‑16• 15See therefore how carefully ye walk, not as unwise but as wise,
 16buying up the time, because the days are evil. (Eph. 5:15‑16)
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Eph. 6:13• 13On this account take up the panoply of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having fully done all, to stand. (Eph. 6:13)
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2 Tim. 3:1• 1But this know, that in [the] last days grievous times shall be there. (2 Tim. 3:1)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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