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


In Context

1 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said, |Strike the tops of the pillars, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will kill the last of them with the sword: there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape.

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

3 Though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out there; and though they be hidden from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent, and it will bite them.

4 Though they go into captivity before their enemies, there I will command the sword, and it will kill them. 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 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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