Amos 2:3
What does Amos 2:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Amos 2:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000and I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith Jehovah.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the Lord.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith Jehovah.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And I will have the judge cut off from among them, and all their captains I will put to death with him, says the Lord.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And I have cut off a judge from her midst, And all its heads I slay with him, said Jehovah.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all his princes with him, saith the Lord.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith Jehovah.
Context
v.2But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet;
v.3This passage
v.4Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have caused them to err, after which their fathers did walk.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 48:7
For, because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou also shalt be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, his priests and his princes together.
- Jeremiah 48:25
The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith Jehovah.
- Numbers 24:17
I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not nigh: There shall come forth a star out of Jacob, And a sceptre shall rise out of Israel, And shall smite through the corners of Moab, And break down all the sons of tumult.
- Isaiah 40:23
that bringeth princes to nothing; that maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
- Psalms 2:10
Now therefore be wise, O ye kings: Be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
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