Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And I have cut off a judge from her midst, And all its heads I slay 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.
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.
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.
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 And I have sent a fire against Moab, And it hath consumed the palaces of Kerioth, And dying with noise is Moab, With shouting, with voice of a trumpet. 3 And I have cut off a judge from her midst, And all its heads I slay with him, said Jehovah. 4 Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, And for four, I do not reserve it, Because of their loathing the law of Jehovah, And His statutes they have not kept, And their lies do cause them to err, After which their fathers did walk,
Cross References
Jeremiah 48:7
For, because of thy trusting in thy works, And in thy treasures, even thou art captured, And gone out hath Chemosh in a removal, His priests and his heads together.
Numbers 24:17
I see it, but not now; I behold it, but not near; A star hath proceeded from Jacob, And a sceptre hath risen from Israel, And hath smitten corners of Moab, And hath destroyed all sons of Sheth.
Psalm 2:10
And now, O kings, act wisely, Be instructed, O judges of earth,
Isaiah 40:23
He who is making princes become nothing, Judges of earth as emptiness hath made;
Jeremiah 48:25
Cut down hath been the horn of Moab, And his arm hath been broken, An affirmation of Jehovah.