Amos 9:2New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Though they dig into Sheol, From there will My hand take them; And though they ascend to heaven, From there will I bring them down.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Though they dig into Sheol, thence shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— 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:
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— 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;
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Though they break through into hades, from thence, shall my hand fetch them,—and, though they ascend the heavens, from thence, will I bring them down;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 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.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Though 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.
Geneva Bible (GNV 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.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Though they digge into hell, thence shall mine hand take them: though they clime vp to heauen, thence will I bring them downe.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Though they go down into Sheol, thence shall my hand bring them up; though they climb to heaven, thence will I bring them down;
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Though they hid themselves in hell, thence shall my hand drag them forth; and though they go up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: |
Though
x518 (0518) Complementאִם'im{eem}
A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogitive, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence as a negative, not.
they dig
2864 {2864} Primeחָתַרchathar{khaw-thar'}
A primitive root; to force a passage, as by burglary; figuratively with oars.
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
into hell,
7585 {7585} Primeשְׁאוֹלsh@'owl{sheh-ole'}
From H7592; hades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranian retreat), including its accessories and inmates.
thence
x4480 (4480) Complementמִןmin{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
x8033 (8033) Complementשָׁםsham{shawm}
A primitive particle (rather from the relative H0834); there (transfered to time) then; often thither, or thence.
shall mine hand
3027 {3027} Primeיָדyad{yawd}
A primitive word; a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote.
take
3947 {3947} Primeלָקַחlaqach{law-kakh'}
A primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications).
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
them; though
x518 (0518) Complementאִם'im{eem}
A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogitive, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence as a negative, not.
they climb up
5927 {5927} Primeעָלָה`alah{aw-law'}
A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively ( be high) or active ( mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literally and figuratively.
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
to heaven,
8064 {8064} Primeשָׁמַיִםshamayim{shaw-mah'-yim}
The second form being dual of an unused singular; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve).
thence
x4480 (4480) Complementמִןmin{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
x8033 (8033) Complementשָׁםsham{shawm}
A primitive particle (rather from the relative H0834); there (transfered to time) then; often thither, or thence.
will I bring them down:
3381 {3381} Primeיָרַדyarad{yaw-rad'}
A primitive root; to descend (literally to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively to fall); causatively to bring down (in all the above applications).
z8686 <8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 4046 |
Amos 9:2
Hell — The center of the earth, or the depth of hell. |
- Though:
- All these energetic expressions were intended to shew the utter impossibility of escape.
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- dig:
Job 26:6 Hell [is] naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
Psalms 139:7-10 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? ... Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
Isaiah 2:19 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 ariseth to shake terribly the earth.
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- climb:
Job 20:6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;
Isaiah 14:13-16 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: ... They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, [and] consider thee, [saying, Is] this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
Jeremiah 49:16 Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, [and] the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 51:53 Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, [yet] from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD.
Ezekiel 28:13-16 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone [was] thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. ... By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
Obadiah 1:4 Though thou exalt [thyself] as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
Luke 10:18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
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