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Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I [was] no prophet, neither [was] I a prophet's son; but I [was] an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit:

Then answered {H6030} Amos {H5986}, and said {H559} to Amaziah {H558}, I was no prophet {H5030}, neither was I a prophet's {H5030} son {H1121}; but I was an herdman {H951}, and a gatherer {H1103} of sycomore fruit {H8256}:

'Amos gave this answer to Amatzyah: "I am not trained as a prophet, and I'm not one of the guild prophets - I own sheep and grow figs.

“I was not a prophet,” Amos replied, “nor was I the son of a prophet; rather, I was a herdsman and a tender of sycamore-fig trees.

Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet’s son; but I was a herdsman, and a dresser of sycomore-trees:

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  • Amos 1:1 (6 votes)

    ¶ The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

  • 2 Kings 4:38 (4 votes)

    ¶ And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and [there was] a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets [were] sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.

  • Zechariah 13:5 (4 votes)

    But he shall say, I [am] no prophet, I [am] an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.

  • 2 Kings 2:5 (4 votes)

    And the sons of the prophets that [were] at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know [it]; hold ye your peace.

  • 2 Kings 2:3 (3 votes)

    And the sons of the prophets that [were] at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know [it]; hold ye your peace.

  • 2 Chronicles 19:2 (3 votes)

    And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore [is] wrath upon thee from before the LORD.

  • 2 Kings 2:7 (2 votes)

    And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan.