Amos 9:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.”
Amos 9:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Amos 9:4 in 6 Bible Translations
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Amos 9:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Though they go into captivity before their enemies, there I will command the sword, and it will kill them. I will set my eyes on them for evil, and not for good.”
Amos 9:4 — World English Bible
Amos 9:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good. ”
Amos 9:4 — American Standard Version
Amos 9:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And if they go into captivity before their enemies, From thence I command the sword, And it hath slain them, And I have set Mine eye on them for evil, And not for good.”
Amos 9:4 — Young's Literal Translation
Amos 9:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“and though they go into captivity before their enemies, there will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good. ”
Amos 9:4 — Darby Translation
Amos 9:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And though they goe into captiuitie before their enemies, thence wil I commande the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes vpon them for euill, and not for good.”
Amos 9:4 — Geneva Bible
Amos 9:4 in Context — Amos 9
2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
3 And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:
4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
5 And the Lord God of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
6 It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name.
What Does Amos 9:4 Mean?
Amos 9:4 is a verse from the Book of Amos, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Amos chapter 9. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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