Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And he was strong as the oaks;
I even destroyed his
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
his height
and he was as sturdy as the oaks;
I destroyed his fruit
International Standard Version
Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorites in front of them, though their height seemed like a cedar, though their strength seemed like an oak, but whose fruit I destroyed from above and the roots from beneath.
A Conservative Version
Yet I destroyed 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
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.
Amplified
“Yet it was I [not the false gods] who destroyed the Amorite before them,
Though his height was like the height of the cedars,
And he was as strong as the oaks;
I even destroyed his fruit above and his root below.
Bible in Basic English
Though I sent destruction on the Amorite before them, who was tall as the cedar and strong as the oak-tree, cutting off his fruit from on high and his roots from under the earth.
Darby Translation
But I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was as the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; but I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
Julia Smith Translation
And I destroyed the Amorite from their face, whom his height as the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; and I will destroy his fruit from above and his roots from beneath.
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Yet I destroyed the Amorite {before them}, {who was as tall as} cedars and was as strong as the oaks. I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath.
Modern King James verseion
Yet I destroyed 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 below.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"'Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, that was as high as the Cedar trees, and as strong as the oaks: notwithstanding I destroyed his fruit from above and his root from under.
NET Bible
For Israel's sake I destroyed the Amorites. They were as tall as cedars and as strong as oaks, but I destroyed the fruit on their branches and their roots in the ground.
New Heart English Bible
Yet I destroyed 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.
The Emphasized Bible
Yet it was, I, who destroyed the Amorite, from before them, whose height was, like the height of cedars, and, strong, was he, like the oaks, - but I destroyed his fruit above, and his roots beneath.
Webster
Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose hight was like the hight of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
World English Bible
Yet I destroyed 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.
Youngs Literal Translation
And 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.
Themes
the Amorites » Of gigantic strength and stature
Cedars » Illustrative of » Powerful nations
Interlinear
Paniym
Gobahh
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Amos 2:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Judgment On Israel
8
And in the house of their God they
And he was strong as the oaks;
I even destroyed his
And I led you in the wilderness
Phrases
Cross References
Malachi 4:1
“
Numbers 13:32-33
So they gave out to the sons of Israel
Numbers 21:23-25
Job 18:16
And his
Genesis 15:16
Then in
Exodus 3:8
So I have come down
Exodus 34:11
“
Numbers 13:28-29
Nevertheless,
Deuteronomy 1:28
Where can we go up? Our brethren have made our hearts melt, saying, “The people are bigger and taller than we; the cities are large and fortified to heaven. And besides, we saw
Deuteronomy 2:10-11
(The
Deuteronomy 2:24-33
‘Arise, set out, and pass through the
Deuteronomy 3:11
(For only Og king of Bashan was left of the remnant of the
Deuteronomy 9:1-3
“Hear, O Israel! You are crossing over the Jordan today to go in to dispossess
Joshua 3:10
Joshua said, “By this you shall know that
Joshua 10:12
Then Joshua spoke to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel,
“O
And O moon in the valley of Aijalon.”
Joshua 11:21-22
Then Joshua came at that time and cut off
Joshua 24:8-12
Then
Judges 11:21-23
The Lord, the God of Israel, gave Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they
2 Samuel 23:16-22
Nehemiah 9:22-24
And allotted them to them as a
And the land of Og the king of Bashan.
Psalm 135:10-12
And slew mighty kings,
Psalm 136:17-22
For His lovingkindness is everlasting,
Isaiah 5:24
And dry grass collapses into the flame,
So their
For they have
And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Ezekiel 17:9
Say, ‘Thus says the Lord God, “Will it thrive? Will he not pull up its roots and cut off its fruit, so that it withers—so that all its sprouting leaves wither? And neither by great