Amos 2:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the Lord.”

Amos 2:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Amos 2:3 in 6 Bible Translations

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Amos 2:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“and I will cut off the judge from among them, and will kill all its princes with him,” says Yahweh.”

Amos 2:3 — World English Bible

Amos 2:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“and I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith Jehovah. ”

Amos 2:3 — American Standard Version

Amos 2:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And I have cut off a judge from her midst, And all its heads I slay with him, said Jehovah.”

Amos 2:3 — Young's Literal Translation

Amos 2:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith Jehovah. ”

Amos 2:3 — Darby Translation

Amos 2:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And I will cut off the iudge out of the mids thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, sayth the Lord.”

Amos 2:3 — Geneva Bible

Amos 2:3 in Context — Amos 2

1 Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:

2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:

3 And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the Lord.

4 Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the Lord, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:

5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

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What Does Amos 2:3 Mean?

Amos 2:3 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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