Amos 9:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    'If they dig down to the depths of Sheol, from there My hand will take them. If they climb up to the heavens, from there I will bring them down.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Though they dig{H2864} into Sheol,{H7585} thence shall my hand{H3027} take{H3947} them; and though they climb up{H5927} to heaven,{H8064} thence will I bring them down.{H3381}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Though they dig{H2864}{(H8799)} into hell{H7585}, thence shall mine hand{H3027} take{H3947}{(H8799)} them; though they climb up{H5927}{(H8799)} to heaven{H8064}, thence will I bring them down{H3381}{(H8686)}:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Though they were buryed in the hell, my honde shal fetch them from thence: though they clymme vp to heauen, yet shal I cast them downe:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Though they digge into the hel, thence shal mine hande take them: though they clime vp to heauen, thence will I bring them downe.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Though they dig into hell, thence shall my hande take them, though they clime vp to heauen, thence will I bring them downe.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

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

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • American Standard Version (1901)

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

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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:

  • World English Bible (2000)

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

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Even if they could dig down into the netherworld, my hand would pull them up from there. Even if they could climb up to heaven, I would drag them down from there.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 51:53 : 53 Though Babylon should ascend to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from Me shall destroyers come to her, says the LORD.
  • Obad 1:4 : 4 Though you exalt yourself like the eagle, and though you set your nest among the stars, from there I will bring you down, says the LORD.
  • Ps 139:7-9 : 7 Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? 8 If I ascend into heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there. 9 If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, 10 Even there Your hand shall lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me.
  • Isa 2:19 : 19 And they shall go into the holes of the rocks and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD and for the glory of His majesty, when He arises to shake the earth terribly.
  • Isa 14:13-16 : 13 For you have said in your heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will also sit upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High. 15 Yet you will be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. 16 They that see you will look narrowly upon you, and consider you, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that shook kingdoms;
  • Jer 49:16 : 16 Your terribleness has deceived you, and the pride of your heart, O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there, says the LORD.
  • Ezek 28:13-16 : 13 You have been in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, the sardius, topaz, and diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of your tambourines and of your pipes was prepared in you in the day that you were created. 14 You are the anointed cherub who covers; and I have set you so: you were upon the holy mountain of God; you have walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. 15 You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, until iniquity was found in you. 16 By the abundance of your trading they have filled your midst with violence, and you have sinned: therefore I will cast you as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy you, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
  • Job 20:6 : 6 Though his greatness mounts up to the heavens, and his head reaches to the clouds,
  • Job 26:6 : 6 Hell is naked before Him, and destruction has no covering.
  • Luke 10:18 : 18 And he said to them, I saw Satan as lightning fall from heaven.

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