Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I will root out the judge from among them, and slay all his princes with him,' sayeth the LORD.
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.
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.
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.
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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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Amos 2:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Judgment On Israel's Neighbors
2 Therefore will I send a fire into Moab, which shall consume the palaces of Kerioth: so that Moab shall perish with a noise and the sound of a shawme. 3 I will root out the judge from among them, and slay all his princes with him,' sayeth the LORD. 4 "Thus sayeth the LORD, 'For three and four wickednesses of Judah, I will not spare him: because he hath cast aside the law of the LORD, and not kept his commandments: For why? They would needs be deceived with the lies that their forefathers followed.
Cross References
Jeremiah 48:7
For because thou hast trusted in thy strongholds and treasure, thou shalt be taken. Chemosh with his priests and princes shall go away into captivity.
Numbers 24:17
I see him but not now, I behold him but not nigh. There shall come a star of Jacob and rise a scepter of Israel, which shall smite the coasts of Moab and undermine all the children of Seth.
Psalm 2:10
Be wise now therefore, O ye kings; be warned, ye that are judges of the earth.
Isaiah 40:23
That he bringeth princes to nothing, and the judges of the earth to dust;
Jeremiah 48:25
The horn of Moab shall be smitten down, and her arm broken, sayeth the LORD.