Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And I cut off the judge from the midst of her, and I will slay all her chiefs with him, said Jehovah.
New American Standard Bible
And slay all her
King James Version
And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.
Holman Bible
and kill all its officials
The Lord has spoken.
International Standard Version
I will execute their rulers among them, killing all of their officials as well," says the LORD.
A Conservative Version
And I will cut off the judge from the midst of it, and will kill all the rulers of it with him, says LORD.
American Standard Version
and I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith Jehovah.
Amplified
“I will also cut off and destroy the ruler from its midst
And slay all the princes with him,” says the Lord.
Bible in Basic English
And I will have the judge cut off from among them, and all their captains I will put to death with him, says the Lord.
Darby Translation
And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith Jehovah.
King James 2000
And I will cut off the judge from its midst, and will slay all its princes with him, says the LORD.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And I will cut off [the] ruler from its midst and I will kill all of its officials with him," says Yahweh.
Modern King James verseion
And I will cut off the judge from its midst, and will kill all its rulers with him, says Jehovah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I will root out the judge from among them, and slay all his princes with him,' sayeth the LORD.
NET Bible
I will remove Moab's leader; I will kill all Moab's officials with him." The Lord has spoken!
New Heart English Bible
and I will cut off the judge from their midst, and will kill all its officials with him," says the LORD.
The Emphasized Bible
And I will cut off the judge out of her midst, and, all her rulers, will I slay with him, saith Yahweh.
Webster
And I will cut off the judge from the midst of it, and will slay all its princes with him, saith the LORD.
World English Bible
and I will cut off the judge from their midst, and will kill all its princes with him," says Yahweh.
Youngs Literal Translation
And I have cut off a judge from her midst, And all its heads I slay with him, said Jehovah.
Interlinear
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Harag
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Amos 2:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Judgment On Israel's Neighbors
2 And I will send a fire upon Moab and it devoured the palaces of the cities, and Moab died with tumult, with a loud noise and with the voice of the trumpet: 3 And I cut off the judge from the midst of her, and I will slay all her chiefs with him, said Jehovah. 4 Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn it back from him, for their rejecting the instructions of Jehovah, and they watched not his laws, and their lies caused them to err which their fathers went after them.
Cross References
Jeremiah 48:7
For because of thy boasting in thy works and in thy treasures, also thou shalt be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity, his priests and his chiefs together.
Numbers 24:17
I shall see him and not now: I shall look after him, and not near: a star came forth from Jacob, and a rod rose up from Israel and dashed in pieces the faces of Moab, and undermined all the sons of Seth.
Psalm 2:10
And now be circumspect, ye and be silent Silence.
Isaiah 40:23
He gave princes to nothing; he made the judges of the earth as vanity.
Jeremiah 48:25
The horn of Moab was cut off, and his arm was broken, says Jehovah.