Amos 2 - Compare Translations
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Amos 2:1
KJVThus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:
WEBYahweh says:
YLTThus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of his burning the bones of the king of Edom to lime,
Amos 2:2
KJVBut I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:
WEBbut I will send a fire on Moab,
YLTAnd 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.
Amos 2:3
KJVAnd I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the Lord.
WEBand I will cut off the judge from among them,
YLTAnd I have cut off a judge from her midst, And all its heads I slay with him, said Jehovah.
Amos 2:4
KJVThus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the Lord, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:
WEBYahweh says:
YLTThus 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,
Amos 2:5
KJVBut I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
WEBbut I will send a fire on Judah,
YLTAnd I have sent a fire against Judah, And it hath consumed palaces of Jerusalem.
Amos 2:6
KJVThus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
WEBYahweh says:
YLTThus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of their selling for silver the righteous, And the needy for a pair of sandals.
Amos 2:7
KJVThat pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:
WEBThey trample on the dust of the earth on the head of the poor,
YLTWho are panting for the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, And the way of the humble they turn aside, And a man and his father go unto the damsel, So as to pollute My holy name.
Amos 2:8
KJVAnd they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
WEBand they lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge;
YLTAnd on pledged garments they stretch themselves near every altar, And the wine of fined ones they drink [in] the house of their gods.
Amos 2:9
KJVYet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
WEBYet I destroyed the Amorite before them,
YLTAnd I -- I have destroyed the Amorite from before them, Whose height [is] as the height of cedars, And strong he [is] as the oaks, And I destroy his fruit from above, And his roots from beneath.
Amos 2:10
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Amos 2:11
KJVAnd I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the Lord.
WEBI raised up some of your sons for prophets,
YLTAnd I raise of your sons for prophets, And of your choice ones for Nazarites, Is not this true, O sons of Israel? An affirmation of Jehovah.
Amos 2:12
KJVBut ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
WEB“But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink,
YLTAnd ye cause the Nazarites to drink wine, And on the prophets ye have laid a charge, Saying, `Do not prophecy!'
Amos 2:13
KJVBehold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.
WEBBehold, I will crush you in your place,
YLTLo, I am pressing you under, As the full cart doth press for itself a sheaf.
Amos 2:14
KJVTherefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
WEBFlight will perish from the swift;
YLTAnd perished hath refuge from the swift, And the strong strengtheneth not his power, And the mighty delivereth not his soul.
Amos 2:15
KJVNeither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.
WEBneither shall he stand who handles the bow;
YLTAnd the handler of the bow standeth not, And the swift with his feet delivereth not [himself], And the rider of the horse delivereth not his soul.
Amos 2:16
KJVAnd he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the Lord.
WEBand he who is courageous among the mighty will flee away naked on that day,”
YLTAnd the courageous of heart among the mighty, Naked doth flee in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah!
16 verses compared across 3 translations - KJV, WEB, YLT