Amos 9:2

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: Strike the capitals of the pillars so that the thresholds shake; knock them down on the heads of all the people. Then I will kill the rest of them with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape. If they dig down to Sheol, from there my hand will take them; if they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down. 3If they hide on the top of Carmel, from there I will track them down and seize them; if they conceal themselves from my sight on the sea floor, from there I will command the sea serpent to bite them. 4And if they are driven by their enemies into captivity, from there I will command the sword to kill them. I will keep my eye on them for harm and not for good.

Amos 9:2 word by word

אִם־יַחְתְּר֣וּ בִשְׁא֔וֹל מִשָּׁ֖ם יָדִ֣י תִקָּחֵ֑ם וְאִֽם־יַעֲלוּ֙ הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם מִשָּׁ֖ם אוֹרִידֵֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Though they digחָתַרchâthar · to digH2864
• into hellשְׁאוֹלshe'ôl she'ôl · hell: SheolH7585
• thence shall mine handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• them; though they climb upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• to heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• thence will I bring them downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381

Cross-references for Amos 9:2

• Job 26:6Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.
• Psalms 139:7Where can I go to escape your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?
• Isaiah 2:19People will go into caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the Lord and from his majestic splendor, when he rises to terrify the earth.
• Job 20:6Though his arrogance reaches heaven, and his head touches the clouds,
• Isaiah 14:13You said to yourself, “I will ascend to the heavens; I will set up my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of the gods’ assembly, in the remotest parts of the North.
• Jeremiah 49:16As to the terror you cause, your arrogant heart has deceived you. You who live in the clefts of the rock, you who occupy the mountain summit, though you elevate your nest like the eagles, even from there I will bring you down. This is the Lord’s declaration.
• Jeremiah 51:53Even if Babylon should ascend to the heavens and fortify her tall fortresses, destroyers will come against her from me. This is the Lord’s declaration.
• Ezekiel 28:13You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone covered you: carnelian, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, lapis lazuli, turquoise and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold; they were prepared on the day you were created.
• Obadiah 1:4Though you seem to soar like an eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down. This is the Lord’s declaration.
• Luke 10:18He said to them, “I watched Satan fall from heaven like lightning.

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

Topics related to Amos 9:2

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• Hell
• Judgments
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• Sin
• Suicide
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In the dictionaries

• Raise
• Amos (1)
• Decease, in the Old Testament and Apocyphra
• Eschatology of the Old Testament
• Omnipotence
• Omnipresence
• Sheol

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