American Standard Version
Amos 9:2
2Though they dig into Sheol, thence shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.
Amos 9:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
- New International Version (NIV)Though they dig down to the depths below, from there my hand will take them. Though they climb up to the heavens above, from there I will bring them down.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"If they dig into Sheol, from there shall my hand take them; if they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Though they dig into hell, From there My hand shall take them; Though they climb up to heaven, From there I will bring them down;
Context of Amos 9:2
1I saw the Lord standing beside the altar: and he said, Smite the capitals, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape. Though they dig into Sheol, thence shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down. 3And 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 it shall bite them. 4And 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.
Read all of Amos 9Amos 9:2 word by word
אִם־יַחְתְּר֣וּ בִשְׁא֔וֹל מִשָּׁ֖ם יָדִ֣י תִקָּחֵ֑ם וְאִֽם־יַעֲלוּ֙ הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם מִשָּׁ֖ם אוֹרִידֵֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Amos 9:2
- Job 26:6Sheol is naked beforeGod, And Abaddon hath no covering.
- Psalms 139:7Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
- Isaiah 2:19And men shall go into the caves of the rocks, and into the holes of the earth, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth.
- Job 20:6Though his height mount up to the heavens, And his head reach unto the clouds;
- Isaiah 14:13And thou saidst in thy heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north;
- Jeremiah 49:16As for thy terribleness, the pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, 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 Jehovah.
- Jeremiah 51:53Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall destroyers come unto her, saith Jehovah.
- Ezekiel 28:13Thou wast in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, the 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 in thee; in the day that thou wast created they were prepared.
- Obadiah 1:4Though thou mount on high as the eagle, and though thy nest be set among the stars, I will bring thee down from thence, saith Jehovah.
- Luke 10:18And he said unto them, I beheld Satan fallen as lightning from heaven.
Commentaries on Amos 9:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Though they dig into hell - Though they should get into the deepest caverns; though they climb up to heaven - get to the most inaccessible heights; I will drag them up from the one, and pull them down from the other.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Height or depth are alike open to the Omnipresent God. The grave is not so awful as God. The sinner would gladly “dig through” into hell, bury himself, the living among the dead, if so he could escape the sight of God. But thence, God says, “My hand shall take them,” to place them in His presence, to receive their sentence. Or if, like the rebel angels, they could “place” their “throne amid the stars Isaiah 14:12-14 of God thence will I bring them down,”…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2to Sheol: In the Old Testament, Sheol is a place under the earth where the dead live.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. Though they dig into hell--though they hide ever so deeply in the earth (Psa 139:8). though they climb up to heaven--though they ascend the greatest heights (Job 20:6, 7; Jr 51:53; Ob 4).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Amos 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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