Amos 2:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.”
Amos 2:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Amos 2:9 in 6 Bible Translations
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Amos 2:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.”
Amos 2:9 — World English Bible
Amos 2:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.”
Amos 2:9 — American Standard Version
Amos 2:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And I--I have destroyed the Amorite from before them, Whose height <FI>is<Fi> as the height of cedars, And strong he <FI>is<Fi> as the oaks, And I destroy his fruit from above, And his roots from beneath.”
Amos 2:9 — Young's Literal Translation
Amos 2:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“But I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was as the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; but I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.”
Amos 2:9 — Darby Translation
Amos 2:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Yet destroyed I the Amorite before the, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the okes: notwithstanding I destroyed his fruite from aboue, and his roote from beneath.”
Amos 2:9 — Geneva Bible
Amos 2:9 in Context — Amos 2
7 Ils aspirent à voir la poussière de la terre sur la tête des misérables, Et ils violent le droit des malheureux. Le fils et le père vont vers la même fille, Afin de profaner mon saint nom.
8 Ils s’étendent près de chaque autel sur des vêtements pris en gage, Et ils boivent dans la maison de leurs dieux le vin de ceux qu’ils condamnent.
9 Et pourtant j’ai détruit devant eux les Amoréens, Dont la hauteur égalait celle des cèdres, Et la force celle des chênes; J’ai détruit leurs fruits en haut, Et leurs racines en bas.
10 Et pourtant je vous ai fait monter du pays d’Égypte, Et je vous ai conduits quarante ans dans le désert, Pour vous mettre en possession du pays des Amoréens.
11 J’ai suscité parmi vos fils des prophètes, Et parmi vos jeunes hommes des naziréens. N’en est-il pas ainsi, enfants d’Israël? Dit l’Éternel…
What Does Amos 2:9 Mean?
Amos 2:9 is a verse from the Book of Amos, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Amos chapter 2. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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