Devine Scripture

Amos 9:3

Amos chapter 9 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And 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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And 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 he shall bite them:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And 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.

Context

v.2Though they dig into Sheol, thence shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.

v.3This passage

v.4And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Amos 1:2

    And he said, Jehovah will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the pastures of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.

  • Jeremiah 23:23

    Am I a God at hand, saith Jehovah, and not a God afar off?

  • Psalms 139:9

    If I take the wings of the morning, And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

  • Isaiah 27:1

    In that day Jehovah with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the swift serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will slay the monster that is in the sea.

  • Job 34:22

    There is no darkness, nor thick gloom, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

  • Jeremiah 16:16

    Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith Jehovah, and they shall fish them up; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.