Amos 9:2
What does Amos 9:2 mean?
A plain-English look at Amos 9:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Though they dig into Sheol, thence shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Though they dig into Sheol, thence shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Even if they go deep into the underworld, my hand will take them up from there; if they go up to heaven, I will get them down:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862If they dig through into sheol, From thence doth My hand take them, And if they go up the heavens, From thence I cause them to come down.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Though they go down even to hell, thence shall my hand bring them out: and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Though they dig into Sheol, thence shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to the heavens, thence will I bring them down;
Context
v.1I saw the Lord standing beside the altar: and he said, Smite the capitals, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape.
v.2This passage
v.3And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and it shall bite them.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Obadiah 1:4
Though thou mount on high as the eagle, and though thy nest be set among the stars, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.
- Job 26:6
Sheol is naked beforeGod, And Abaddon hath no covering.
- Isaiah 14:13
And thou saidst in thy heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north;
- Luke 10:18
And he said unto them, I beheld Satan fallen as lightning from heaven.
- Isaiah 2:19
And men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth.
- Psalms 139:7
Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
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