Amos 3:3

Amos 3:3

Can two walk together, except they be agreed?

a. NLT: Can two people walk together without agreeing on the direction?

b. NIV: Do two walk together unless they have agreed to do so?

c. YLT: Do two walk together if they have not met?

d. Amplified Bible: Do two walk together except they make an appointment and have agreed?

e. Septuagint: Shall two walk together at all, if they do not know one another?

f. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: Do people walk together,  unless they had [so] arranged

1. “Can two walk together, except they be agreed?”

a. can two [8147 * shnayim] [Strong: dual of 8145; feminine shttayim {shet-tah'-yim}; two; also (as ordinal) twofold:--both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.]

b. walk [3212 * yalak] [Strong: a primitive root (Compare 1980); to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses):--X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.]

c. together [3162 * yachad] [Strong: from 3161; properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly:--alike, at all (once), both, likewise, only, (al-)together, withal.]

d. except [1115 * biltiy] [Strong: constructive feminine of 1086 (equivalent to 1097); properly, a failure of, i.e. (used only as a negative particle, usually with a prepositional prefix) not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until, etc.:--because un(satiable), beside, but, + continual, except, from, lest, neither, no more, none, not, nothing, save, that no, without.]

e. they be agreed [3259 * ya’ad] [Strong: a primitive root; to fix upon (by agreement or appointment); by implication, to meet (at a stated time), to summon (to trial), to direct (in a certain quarter or position), to engage (for marriage): -agree,(maxke an) appoint(-ment,a time), assemble (selves), betroth, gather (selves, together), meet (together), set (a time).]

1). World Outreach Church Daily Devotional 10/22/12 Adam walked and talked with God in the cool of the day. That’s the fellowship the first Adam had with God, but he lost it through the Fall. The Bible calls Jesus the last Adam, the One who came to restore to us what the first Adam lost. So under the new covenant, we have the ability to walk and talk with God again. In fact, He said, “I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people” (2 Cor. 6:16). But when we’re in disagreement with someone, it’s hard to walk with that person in comfortable fellowship. It’s the same way in our relationship with God. Sometimes we unconsciously disagree with God and then wonder why He won’t help us. We ask, “Why isn’t God helping me? Why isn’t He working for me? He knows how bad things are!” Yes, God knows the situation. Nothing catches Him by surprise. He doesn’t look down in surprise and say, “Wow! When did that happen?” It isn’t that God refuses to help us if we disagree with Him. There’s just very little He can do. That’s why Amos 3:3 says, “Can two walk together, except they be agreed?” One particular meaning of the word confess is “to agree with.”1 In order to hold fast to the confession of your faith, you have to agree with God. The best way to develop agreement is to get in His Word. Then make a choice to agree with it, believing in your heart and saying with your mouth.