Books of the Bible / Amos
Random Verse from Amos
Roll a random verse from Amos -- 9 chapters, 146 verses -- with the same crypto-secure, unbiased draw as the main generator, scoped to just this book.
“For the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, is he who touches the land and it melts, and all who dwell in it will mourn; and it will rise up wholly like the River, and will sink again, like the River of Egypt.”
Amos 9:5
World English Bible (WEB) — public domain
About Amos (summary)
Amos is book 30 of 66 in the Protestant canon, part of the Old Testament. It runs 9 chapters and 146 verses in the World English Bible (WEB) — public domain -- both counts computed directly from this site's own copy of that data, the same pool this roller draws from, not entered by hand.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is Amos compared to other books of the Bible?
Amos is the 40th longest of the 66 books by verse count, with 146 verses across 9 chapters -- an average of 16.2 verses per chapter.
What translation is the text drawn from?
The World English Bible (WEB) — public domain, a public-domain English translation, so every verse can be quoted here in full without a license. The reference and wording are looked up from this site's own copy of that same text, not paraphrased.
Where does Amos sit among the other Old Testament books?
Amos is book 30 of 39 in the Old Testament, and book 30 of 66 overall in the Protestant canon.
What books come right before and after Amos?
Joel comes directly before it (3 chapters). Obadiah comes directly after it (1 chapter).
How is the random verse actually chosen?
With the Web Crypto API's cryptographically-secure random number generator, picking uniformly among all 146 verses in Amos -- not a pseudo-random Math.random() draw, and not weighted toward well-known verses, so an obscure genealogy verse has exactly the same chance of coming up as a famous one.