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Amos 9:1

The Destruction of Israel

9 I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and He said:

“Strike the 1doorposts, that the thresholds may shake,

And abreak them on the heads of them all.

I will slay the last of them with the sword.

bHe who flees from them shall not get away,

And he who escapes from them shall not be delivered.

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Amos 9:1 — The New International Version (NIV)

I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and he said:

“Strike the tops of the pillars

so that the thresholds shake.

Bring them down on the heads of all the people;

those who are left I will kill with the sword.

Not one will get away,

none will escape.

Amos 9:1 — English Standard Version (ESV)

I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said:

“Strike the capitals until the thresholds shake,

and shatter them on the heads of all the people;

and those who are left of them I will kill with the sword;

not one of them shall flee away;

not one of them shall escape.

Amos 9:1 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said,

Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake:

And cut them in the head, all of them;

And I will slay the last of them with the sword:

He that fleeth of them shall not flee away,

And he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.

Amos 9:1 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Then I saw a vision of the Lord standing beside the altar. He said,

“Strike the tops of the Temple columns,

so that the foundation will shake.

Bring down the roof

on the heads of the people below.

I will kill with the sword those who survive.

No one will escape!

Amos 9:1 — New Century Version (NCV)

I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and he said:

“Smash the top of the pillars

so that even the bottom of the doors will shake.

Make the pillars fall on the people’s heads;

anyone left alive I will kill with a sword.

Not one person will get away;

no one will escape.

Amos 9:1 — American Standard Version (ASV)

I 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.

Amos 9:1 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

I saw the Lord standing upon the altar; and he said, Smite the chapiter that the thresholds may shake; and break all of them in pieces, in the head; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not get away by flight, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.

Amos 9:1 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

I saw the Lord standing by the altar, and he said: 

Strike the tops of the pillars so that the foundations shake. 

Cut off everyone’s head. 

I will kill with a sword all who are left. 

None of them will be able to get away. 

None of them will be able to escape. 

Amos 9:1 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

I 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.

Amos 9:1 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said:

Strike the capitals until the thresholds shake,

and shatter them on the heads of all the people;

and those who are left I will kill with the sword;

not one of them shall flee away,

not one of them shall escape.

Amos 9:1 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

I saw my Lord standing by the altar and he said, “Strike the capitals so that the thresholds will shake, and shatter them on the head of all of them, and I will kill the rest of them with the sword. A fugitive belonging to them will not run away, and a survivor belonging to them will not escape.

Amos 9:1 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

I saw the Lord standing next to the altar in the temple. He said to me,

“Strike the tops of the temple pillars.

Then the heavy stones at the base of the entrance will shake.

Bring everything down on the heads of everyone there.

I will kill with my swords

those who are left alive.

Not one of them will escape.

None will get away.

Amos 9:1 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said,

Smite the capitals so that the thresholds will shake,

And break them on the heads of them all!

Then I will slay the rest of them with the sword;

They will not have a fugitive who will flee,

Or a refugee who will escape.


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