9he flashes destruction on the stronghold and brings the fortified city to ruin),


In Context

6 Seek the Lord and live, or he will sweep through the house of Joseph like a fire; it will devour, and Bethel will have no one to quench it.

7 You who turn justice into bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground

8 (he who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns blackness into dawn and darkens day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out over the face of the land- the Lord is his name-

9 he flashes destruction on the stronghold and brings the fortified city to ruin),

10 you hate the one who reproves in court and despise him who tells the truth.

11 You trample on the poor and force him to give you grain. Therefore, though you have built stone mansions, you will not live in them; though you have planted lush vineyards, you will not drink their wine.

Amos 5:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:9That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:9He that with a smile bringeth destruction upon the strong, and waste upon the mighty.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:9that bringeth sudden destruction upon the strong, so that destruction cometh upon the fortress.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:9He causeth destruction to break forth suddenly upon the strong, and bringeth destruction upon the fortress.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:9that bringeth sudden destruction upon the strong, so that destruction cometh upon the fortress.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:9That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:9who brings sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the fortress.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:9Who is brightening up the spoiled against the strong, And the spoiled against a fortress cometh.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:9That strengthens the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.