Amos 9:11

“On that day I will raise up the fallen booth of David, and wall up their breaches, and raise up its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old;”
Amos 9:11 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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On that dayבַּיּוֹם הַהוּאI will raise upאָקִיםthe fallenהַנֹּפֶלֶתboothסֻכַּתof David,דָּוִידand wall upוְגָדַרְתִּיtheir breaches,פִּרְצֵיהֶןand raise upאָקִיםits ruins,וַהֲרִסֹתָיוand rebuild itוּבְנִיתִיהָas in the daysכִּימֵיof old;עוֹלָם

Quotation · Acts 15:16-17

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James quotes Amos 9:11-12. Where the Hebrew says “so that they may possess the remnant of Edom,” Acts says “so that the rest of humanity may seek the Lord.”

Formula: καθὼς γέγραπται “as it is written” (Acts 15:15)

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Greek of the New Testament: Μετὰ ταῦτα ἀναστρέψω καὶ ἀνοικοδομήσω τὴν σκηνὴν Δαυὶδ τὴν πεπτωκυῖαν καὶ τὰ κατεσκαμμένα αὐτῆς ἀνοικοδομήσω καὶ ἀνορθώσω αὐτήν ὅπως ἂν ἐκζητήσωσιν οἱ κατάλοιποι τῶν ἀνθρώπων τὸν κύριον καὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ἐφ’ οὓς ἐπικέκληται τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐπ’ αὐτούς λέγει κύριος ποιῶν ταῦτα

Hebrew (Masoretic text): בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא אָקִים אֶת סֻכַּת דָּוִיד הַנֹּפֶלֶת וְגָדַרְתִּי אֶת פִּרְצֵיהֶן וַהֲרִסֹתָיו אָקִים וּבְנִיתִיהָ כִּימֵי עוֹלָם לְמַעַן יִירְשׁוּ אֶת שְׁאֵרִית אֱדוֹם וְכָל הַגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר נִקְרָא שְׁמִי עֲלֵיהֶם נְאֻם יְהוָה עֹשֶׂה זֹּאת

Septuagint (Amos 9:11-12 in the Septuagint numbering): Ἐν τῆ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἀναστήσω τὴν σκηνὴν Δαυεὶδ τὴν πεπτωκυῖαν, καὶ ἀνοικοδομήσω τὰ πεπτωκότα αὐτῆς, καὶ τὰ κατεσκαμμένα αὐτῆς ἀναστήσω, καὶ ἀνοικοδομήσω αὐτὴν καθὼς αἱ ἡμέραι τοῦ αἰῶνος, ὅπως ἐκζητήσωσιν οἱ κατάλοιποι τῶν ἀνθρώπων, καὶ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη ἐφʼ οὓς ἐπικέκληται τὸ ὄνομά μου ἐπʼ αὐτούς, λέγει Κύριος ὁ ποιῶν ταῦτα.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 5 consecutive words: “ἐκζητήσωσιν οἱ κατάλοιποι τῶν ἀνθρώπων.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Amos 9:11, word by word

On that dayיּוֹםyom

day

The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.

Where else “yom” appears

I will raise upאָקִיםakim

establish

To put something up, or confirm a covenant.

Where else “akim” appears

the fallenנֹּפֶלֶתnofelet

fall

To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.

Where else “nofelet” appears

boothסֻכַּתsukat

booth

A cover of branches, as at the feast.

Where else “sukat” appears

of Davidדָּוִידdavid

David

David, youngest son of Jesse, of Bethlehem; the second king of Israel. The name means "beloved."

Where else “david” appears

and wall upגָדַרְתִּיgadarti

wall up, build walls

To build a wall or a stone fence. As the name of a trade, "those who build walls": masons (2 Kings 12:12; 22:6). Figuratively, to repair a breach (Isaiah 58:12) or to block someone's way (Hosea 2:6).

Where else “gadarti” appears

their breachesפִּרְצֵיpirtse

breach

Breach, opening made by breaking through.

Where else “pirtse” appears

its ruinsהֲרִסֹתָיharisotay

ruin

A ruin, something torn down.

Where else “harisotay” appears

and rebuild itבְנִיתִיveniti

build

To raise a house, a city or an altar, setting stone on stone.

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of oldעוֹלָםolam

of old

The times of the forefathers, far back in the past.

Where else “olam” appears

Translation note

James quotes 9:11-12 in Acts 15:16-17 in these words: “so that the rest of humanity may seek the Lord.”

Parallel passages

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Quotation · Acts 15:16-17

James quotes Amos 9:11-12. Where the Hebrew says “so that they may possess the remnant of Edom,” Acts says “so that the rest of humanity may seek the Lord.”

See them side by side

Amos 9:11

¹¹On that day I will raise up the fallen booth of David, and wall up their breaches, and raise up its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old;

Acts 15:16-17

¹⁶‘After these things I will return, and I will rebuild the tent of David that has fallen, and its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it,

The context

10By the sword all the sinners of my people will die, who say, “The evil will not come near or confront us.”

11 · This verse (above)

12so that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations over whom my name is called, declares YHWH, who does this.

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