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Amos 7:14

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14 Ma Amos rispose, e disse ad Amasia: Io non era profeta, nè figliuol di profeta; anzi era mandriale, e andava cogliendo de’ sicomori;


To many Protestant and Evangelical Italians, the Bibles translated by Giovanni Diodati are an important part of their history. Diodati’s first Italian Bible edition was printed in 1607, and his second in 1641. He died in 1649. Throughout the 1800s two editions of Diodati’s text were printed by the British Foreign Bible Society. This is the more recent 1894 edition, translated by Claudiana.

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Zaccaria 4:2

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2 Ed egli mi disse: Che vedi? Ed io dissi: Io ho riguardato, ed ecco un candelliere tutto d’oro, di sopra al quale vi è un bacino, e sopra il candelliere vi son sette sue lampane; e vi son sette colatoi, per le lampane, che sono in cima del candelliere.


To many Protestant and Evangelical Italians, the Bibles translated by Giovanni Diodati are an important part of their history. Diodati’s first Italian Bible edition was printed in 1607, and his second in 1641. He died in 1649. Throughout the 1800s two editions of Diodati’s text were printed by the British Foreign Bible Society. This is the more recent 1894 edition, translated by Claudiana.