Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
By sword die do all sinners of My people, Who are saying, 'Not overtake, or go before, For our sakes, doth evil.'
New American Standard Bible
Those who say, ‘
King James Version
All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
Holman Bible
who say: “Disaster will never overtake
or confront us,”
will die by the sword.
International Standard Version
All sinners among my people will die by the sword, especially all who are saying, "Disaster will not come upon or conquer us!'"
A Conservative Version
All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, The evil shall not overtake nor meet us.
American Standard Version
All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, The evil shall not overtake nor meet us.
Amplified
“All the sinners among My people will die by the sword,
Those who say [defiantly], ‘The disaster will not overtake or confront us.’
Bible in Basic English
All those sinners among my people will be put to the sword who say, Evil will not overtake us or come face to face with us.
Darby Translation
All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, Evil shall not overtake nor befall us.
Julia Smith Translation
By the sword shall all sinning of my people die, saying, It shall not draw near, and the evil shall not cleave about us.
King James 2000
All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, The calamity shall not overtake nor meet us.
Lexham Expanded Bible
All the sinners of my people will die by the sword, who say, 'Evil will not overtake or confront us.'
Modern King James verseion
All the sinners of My people shall die by the sword, who say, The evil shall not draw near, or come in front of us.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But all the wicked doers of my people, that say, 'Tush, the plague is not so nigh to come so hastily upon us,' those shall perish with the sword.
NET Bible
All the sinners among my people will die by the sword -- the ones who say, 'Disaster will not come near, it will not confront us.'
New Heart English Bible
All the sinners of my people will die by the sword, who say, 'Evil won't overtake nor meet us.'
The Emphasized Bible
By the sword, shall die all the sinners of my people, - who say, The calamity, shall not overtake and close in before us.
Webster
All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, The evil shall not overtake nor fall upon us.
World English Bible
All the sinners of my people will die by the sword, who say, 'Evil won't overtake nor meet us.'
Themes
Carnal security » War and famine
Security » Carnal, leads men to dream of escape from common ills » War and famine
Interlinear
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Amos 9:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Announcement Of Judgment
9 For lo, I am commanding, And I have shaken among all the nations the house of Israel, As one doth shake with a sieve, And there falleth not a grain to the earth. 10 By sword die do all sinners of My people, Who are saying, 'Not overtake, or go before, For our sakes, doth evil.' 11 In that day I raise the tabernacle of David, that is fallen, And I have repaired their breaches, And its ruins I do raise up, And I have built it up as in days of old.
Names
Cross References
Amos 6:3
Who are putting away the day of evil, And ye bring nigh the seat of violence,
Isaiah 33:14
Afraid in Zion have been sinners, Seized hath trembling the profane: Who doth dwell for us -- consuming fire, Who doth dwell for us -- burnings of the age?
Psalm 10:11
He said in his heart, 'God hath forgotten, He hath hid His face, He hath never seen.'
Ecclesiastes 8:11
Because sentence hath not been done on an evil work speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of man is full within them to do evil.
Isaiah 5:19
Who are saying, 'Let Him hurry, Let Him hasten His work, that we may see, And let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel Draw near and come, and we know.'
Isaiah 28:14-15
Therefore, hear a word of Jehovah, ye men of scorning, Ruling this people that is in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 56:12
Come ye, I take wine, And we drink, quaff strong drink, And as this day hath been to-morrow, Great -- exceeding abundant!'
Jeremiah 18:18
And they say, Come, And we devise against Jeremiah devices, For law doth not perish from the priest, Nor counsel from the wise, Nor the word from the prophet, Come, and we smite him with the tongue, And we do not attend to any of his words.
Ezekiel 20:38
And cleared out from you the rebels, And them transgressing against Me, From the land of their sojournings I bring them out, And unto the land of Israel they come not, And ye have known that I am Jehovah.
Ezekiel 34:16-17
The lost I seek, and the driven away bring back, And the broken I bind up, and the sick I strengthen, And the fat and the strong I destroy, I feed it with judgment.
Amos 6:1
Woe to those secure in Zion, And those confident in the mount of Samaria, The marked of the chief of the nations, And come to them have the house of Israel.
Zephaniah 3:11-13
In that day thou art not ashamed because of any of thine actions, Wherewith thou hast transgressed against Me, For then do I turn aside from thy midst The exulting ones of thine excellency, And thou dost add no more to be haughty, In My holy mountain.
Zechariah 13:8-9
And it hath come to pass, In all the land, an affirmation of Jehovah, Two parts in it are cut off -- they expire, And the third is left in it.
Malachi 3:2-5
And who is bearing the day of his coming? And who is standing in his appearing? For he is as fire of a refiner, And as soap of a fuller.
Malachi 3:15
And now, we are declaring the proud happy, Yea, built up have been those doing wickedness, Yea they have tempted God, and escape.'
Malachi 4:1
For, lo, the day hath come, burning as a furnace, And all the proud, and every wicked doer, have been stubble, And burnt them hath the day that came, Said Jehovah of Hosts, That there is not left to them root or branch,
Matthew 3:10-12
and now also, the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree therefore not bearing good fruit is hewn down, and to fire is cast.
Matthew 13:41-42
the Son of Man shall send forth his messengers, and they shall gather up out of his kingdom all the stumbling-blocks, and those doing the unlawlessness,
Matthew 13:49-50
so shall it be in the full end of the age, the messengers shall come forth and separate the evil out of the midst of the righteous,