Amos 9:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth, except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, says the LORD.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִנֵּ֞ה עֵינֵ֣י ׀ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה בַּמַּמְלָכָה֙ הַֽחַטָּאָ֔ה וְהִשְׁמַדְתִּ֣י אֹתָ֔הּ מֵעַ֖ל פְּנֵ֣י הָאֲדָמָ֑ה אֶ֗פֶס כִּ֠י לֹ֣א הַשְׁמֵ֥יד אַשְׁמִ֛יד אֶת־בֵּ֥ית יַעֲקֹ֖ב נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

hinnēh ʿênê ʾădōnāy YHWH bammamləkāh haḥaṭṭāʾāh wəhišmadtî ʾōtāh mēʿal pənê hāʾădāmāh ʾepes kî lōʾ hašmêd ʾašmîd ʾēt-bêt yaʿăqōb nəʾum-YHWH

Grammar Details

• *hinnēh*: demonstrative particle - behold
• *ʿênê*: noun feminine dual construct - eyes of
• *ʾădōnāy*: proper noun - Lord
• *YHWH*: proper noun - Yahweh
• *bammamləkāh*: preposition + definite article + noun feminine singular - in the kingdom
• *haḥaṭṭāʾāh*: definite article + Qal participle feminine singular - the sinful
• *wəhišmadtî*: waw conjunction + Hiphil perfect 1st person singular - and I will destroy
• *ʾōtāh*: direct object marker + 3rd feminine singular suffix - it
• *mēʿal*: preposition + preposition - from upon
• *pənê*: noun masculine plural construct - face of
• *hāʾădāmāh*: definite article + noun feminine singular - the ground/earth
• *ʾepes*: adverb - howbeit/nevertheless
• *kî*: conjunction - that/because/for
• *lōʾ*: negative particle - not
• *hašmêd*: Hiphil infinitive absolute - destroy
• *ʾašmîd*: Hiphil imperfect 1st person singular - I will destroy
• *bêt*: noun masculine singular construct - house of
• *yaʿăqōb*: proper noun - Jacob
• *nəʾum*: noun masculine singular construct - declaration of

Word Meanings

• *hinnēh*: behold/look/see
• *ʿênê*: eyes/sight of
• *bammamləkāh*: in the kingdom/realm
• *haḥaṭṭāʾāh*: the sinful/sinning
• *wəhišmadtî*: and I will destroy/annihilate
• *mēʿal*: from upon/from the surface of
• *pənê*: face/surface of
• *hāʾădāmāh*: the ground/earth/land
• *ʾepes*: howbeit/nevertheless/except
• *hašmêd* *ʾašmîd*: utterly destroy/completely exterminate
• *bêt*: house/household/family of
• *nəʾum*: declaration/utterance/oracle of

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  'Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet, I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,' declares the Lord.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Behold, the eyes{H5869} of the Lord{H136} Jehovah{H136} are upon the sinful{H2403} kingdom,{H4467} and I will destroy{H8045} it from off the face{H6440} of the earth;{H127} save{H657} that I will not utterly{H8045} destroy{H8045} the house{H1004} of Jacob,{H3290} saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Behold, the eyes{H5869} of the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069} are upon the sinful{H2403} kingdom{H4467}, and I will destroy{H8045}{(H8689)} it from off the face{H6440} of the earth{H127}; saving{H657} that I will not utterly{H8045}{(H8687)} destroy{H8045}{(H8686)} the house{H1004} of Jacob{H3290}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Beholde, the eyes of the LORDE are vpon the realme that synneth, to rote it clene out of the earth: Neuertheles, I will not vterly destroye the house of Iacob, saieth the LORDE.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Beholde, the eyes of the Lord God are vpon the sinfull kingdome, and I will destroy it cleane out of the earth. Neuerthelesse I will not vtterly destroy the house of Iaakob, saith the Lord.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Behold, the eyes of the Lorde God are vpon the sinful kingdome, and I wil destroy it cleane out of the earth: neuerthelesse, I wil not vtterly destroy the house of Iacob, sayth the Lorde.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD [are] upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Behold, the eyes of the Lord Yahweh are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the surface of the earth; except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob," says Yahweh.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Lo, the eyes of the Lord Jehovah `are' on the sinful kingdom, And I have destroyed it from off the face of the ground, Only, I destroy not utterly the house of Jacob, An affirmation of Jehovah.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Behold, the eyes of the Lord Jehovah are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; save that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith Jehovah.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Behold, the eyes of the Lord Jehovah are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; save that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith Jehovah.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  See, the eyes of the Lord are on the evil kingdom, and I will put an end to it in all the earth; but I will not send complete destruction on Jacob, says the Lord.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Behold, the eyes of the Lord Yahweh are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the surface of the earth; except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob," says Yahweh.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Look, the Sovereign LORD is watching the sinful nation, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. But I will not completely destroy the family of Jacob,” says the LORD.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 30:11 : 11 For I am with you, says the LORD, to save you: though I make a full end of all nations where I have scattered you, yet I will not make a full end of you; but I will correct you in due measure, and will not leave you altogether unpunished.
• Jer 5:10 : 10 Go up upon her walls, and destroy; but do not make a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD'S.
• Jer 44:27 : 27 Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until they are ended.
• Amos 9:4 : 4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, from there I will command the sword, and it shall slay them; and I will set my eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
• Joel 2:32 : 32 And it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of the LORD shall be delivered; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD has said, and among the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
• Jer 31:35-36 : 35 Thus says the LORD, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who divides the sea when its waves roar; The LORD of hosts is his name: 36 If those ordinances depart from before me, says the LORD, then the descendants of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever.
• Jer 33:24-26 : 24 Do you not consider what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD has chosen, he has even cast them off? Thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. 25 Thus says the LORD: If my covenant is not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth, 26 Then I will cast away the descendants of Jacob and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his descendants to be rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
• Hos 1:6 : 6 And she conceived again and bore a daughter. And God said to him, Call her name Lo-Ruhamah, for I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel, but I will utterly take them away.
• Hos 9:11-17 : 11 As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from birth, from the womb, and from conception. 12 Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left; yes, woe also to them when I depart from them! 13 Ephraim, as I saw Tyre, is planted in a pleasant place; but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer. 14 Give them, O LORD: what will you give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. 15 All their wickedness is in Gilgal, for there I hated them; for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of my house, I will love them no more; all their princes are rebels. 16 Ephraim is stricken, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit; yes, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb. 17 My God will cast them away, because they did not listen to him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
• Hos 13:15-16 : 15 Though he is fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels. 16 Samaria shall become desolate; for she has rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped open.
• Gen 6:7 : 7 So the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.
• Gen 7:4 : 4 For in seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights; and every living thing that I have made will I destroy from the face of the earth.
• Deut 4:31 : 31 (For the LORD your God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake you, neither destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which he swore to them.
• Deut 6:15 : 15 (For the LORD your God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD your God be kindled against you, and destroy you from the face of the earth.
• 1 Kgs 13:34 : 34 And this thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, to cut it off and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
• Ps 11:4-6 : 4 The LORD is in His holy temple, the LORD's throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids test the children of men. 5 The LORD tests the righteous, but the wicked and the one who loves violence His soul hates. 6 Upon the wicked He shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest; this shall be the portion of their cup.
• Prov 5:21 : 21 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and He ponders all his paths.
• Prov 15:3 : 3 The eyes of the LORD are in every place, watching the evil and the good.
• Isa 27:7-8 : 7 Has He smitten him, as He smote those that smote him? Or is he slain according to the slaughter of those that are slain by Him? 8 In measure, when it shoots forth, You will debate with it: He restrains His rough wind in the day of the east wind.
• Obad 1:16-17 : 16 For as you have drunk on My holy mountain, so shall all the nations drink continually; yes, they shall drink, and swallow, and they shall be as though they had never been. 17 But on Mount Zion there shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions.
• Rom 11:1-7 : 1 I say then, Has God cast away His people? Certainly not. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah? how he pleads with God against Israel, saying, 3 Lord, they have killed Your prophets, and torn down Your altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. 4 But what is God's answer to him? I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. 5 Even so then, at this present time there is also a remnant according to the election of grace. 6 And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work. 7 What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded.
• Rom 11:28-29 : 28 Concerning the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but concerning the election they are beloved for the sake of the fathers. 29 For the gifts and calling of God are irrevocable.