Amos 9:2 Parallel Translations

Even if they dig their way into Sheol, my hand will take them from there. Even if they go up to heaven, I will bring them down from there.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:

ASV:

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

BBE:

Even 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:

DBY:

Though they dig into Sheol, thence shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to the heavens, thence will I bring them down;

ERV:

Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.

JPS:

Though they dig into the nether-world, thence shall My hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.

WBS:

Though they dig into the place of the dead, thence shall my hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:

WEB:

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

YLT:

If 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.

Amos 9:2 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 139:8 If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.

Jeremiah 51:53 "Though Babylon should ascend to the heavens, And though she should fortify her lofty stronghold, From Me destroyers will come to her," declares the LORD.

Obadiah 1:4 "Though you build high like the eagle, Though you set your nest among the stars, From there I will bring you down," declares the LORD. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

9:2 Hell - The center of the earth, or the depth of hell.

MHC:

9:1-10 The prophet, in vision, saw the Lord standing upon the idolatrous altar at Bethel. Wherever sinners flee from God's justice, it will overtake them. Those whom God brings to heaven by his grace, shall never be cast down; but those who seek to climb thither by vain confidence in themselves, will be cast down and filled with shame. That which makes escape impossible and ruin sure, is, that God will set his eyes upon them for evil, not for good. Wretched must those be on whom the Lord looks for evil, and not for good. The Lord would scatter the Jews, and visit them with calamities, as the corn is shaken in a sieve; but he would save some from among them. The astonishing preservation of the Jews as a distinct people, seems here foretold. If professors make themselves like the world, God will level them with the world. The sinners who thus flatter themselves, shall find that their profession will not protect them.

CONC:

Ascend Bring Cause Climb Dead Deep Depths Dig Grave Heaven Heavens Hell Nether-world Sheol Thence Though Underworld

Ascend Cause Climb Dead Deep Depths Dig Grave Hand Heaven Heavens Hell Nether-World Sheol Thence Underworld

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