2Though they dig into hell, there shall my hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, there will I bring them down:


In Context

1 I saw the LORD standing on 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 flees of them shall not flee away, and he that escapes of them shall not be delivered.

2 Though they dig into hell, there shall my hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, there will I bring them down:

3 And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out there; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:

4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, there will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set my eyes on them for evil, and not for good.

Amos 9:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:2Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:2Though they dig down to the depths of the grave, from there my hand will take them. Though they climb up to the heavens, from there I will bring them down.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:2Though they dig into Sheol, thence shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:2Though they go down even to hell, thence shall my hand bring them out: and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:2Though they dig into Sheol, thence shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to the heavens, thence will I bring them down;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:2Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:2Though they dig into the place of the dead, thence shall my hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:2Though they dig into Sheol, there my hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, there I will bring them down.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:2If they dig through into sheol, From thence doth My hand take them, And if they go up the heavens, From thence I cause them to come down.