Verse 8
Amos 5:8
English Revised Version
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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; the LORD is his name;
Original Language Text
hebrew
עֹשֵׂ֨ה כִימָ֜ה וּ/כְסִ֗יל וְ/הֹפֵ֤ךְ לַ/בֹּ֨קֶר֙ צַלְמָ֔וֶת וְ/י֖וֹם לַ֣יְלָה הֶחְשִׁ֑יךְ הַ/קּוֹרֵ֣א לְ/מֵֽי הַ/יָּ֗ם וַֽ/יִּשְׁפְּכֵ֛/ם עַל פְּנֵ֥י הָ/אָ֖רֶץ יְהוָ֥ה שְׁמֽ/וֹ
English Translation
He who makes the morning dark and turns the light of day into darkness, who calls to the waters of the sea and pours them out upon the face of the earth, the Lord is His name.
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