Amos 2:9
“Yet 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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Amos 2:9 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Yet 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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
Yet 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.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Und doch habe ich den Amoriter vor ihnen vertilgt, dessen Höhe wie die Höhe der Zedern war, und er war stark wie die Eichen; und ich habe seine Frucht vertilgt von oben und seine Wurzeln von unten.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Y yo destruí delante de ellos al Amorrheo, cuya altura era como la altura de los cedros, y fuerte como un alcornoque; y destruí su fruto arriba, sus raíces abajo.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Eu, pelo contrário, destruí diante deles os amorreus, cuja altura era como a altura dos cedros, e eram fortes como carvalhos; e destruí seu fruto acima, e suas raízes abaixo.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
No entanto, Eu destruí o amorreu diante deles, cuja altura era como a altura dos cedros; ele era forte como os carvalhos. Destruí o seu fruto por cima e suas raízes por baixo.
📖 Amos 2:9 in Context
7That 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:
8And 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.
9Yet 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.
10Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
11And 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.
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