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 That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:

8 And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

9 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.

10 Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

11 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the Lord.

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What Does Amos 2:9 Mean?

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