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Amos 8:8

pShall not the land tremble on this account,

and everyone mourn who dwells in it,

qand all of it rise like the Nile,

and be tossed about rand sink again, like the Nile of Egypt?”

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Amos 8:8 — The New International Version (NIV)

“Will not the land tremble for this,

and all who live in it mourn?

The whole land will rise like the Nile;

it will be stirred up and then sink

like the river of Egypt.

Amos 8:8 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Shall not the land tremble for this,

And every one mourn that dwelleth therein?

And it shall rise up wholly as a flood;

And it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

Amos 8:8 — New Living Translation (NLT)

The earth will tremble for your deeds,

and everyone will mourn.

The ground will rise like the Nile River at floodtime;

it will heave up, then sink again.

Amos 8:8 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Shall the land not tremble for this,

And everyone mourn who dwells in it?

All of it shall swell like the River,

Heave and subside

Like the River of Egypt.

Amos 8:8 — New Century Version (NCV)

The whole land will shake because of it,

and everyone who lives in the land will cry for those who died.

The whole land will rise like the Nile;

it will be shaken, and then it will fall

like the Nile River in Egypt.”

Amos 8:8 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? yea, it shall rise up wholly like the River; and it shall be troubled and sink again, like the River of Egypt.

Amos 8:8 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? And it shall wholly rise up like the Nile; and it shall surge and sink down, as the river of Egypt.

Amos 8:8 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

The land will tremble because of this. 

Everyone who lives in it will mourn. 

The entire land will rise like the Nile, 

be tossed about, and then sink like Egypt’s river. 

Amos 8:8 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Because of this, won’t the land quake

and all who dwell in it mourn?

All of it will rise like the Nile;

it will surge and then subside

like the Nile in Egypt.

Amos 8:8 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Shall not the land tremble on this account,

and everyone mourn who lives in it,

and all of it rise like the Nile,

and be tossed about and sink again, like the Nile of Egypt?

Amos 8:8 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

On account of this, will not the land tremble and will not every living thing in it mourn? And all of it will rise like the Nile and it will be tossed about and subside like the Nile of Egypt.

Amos 8:8 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

“The land will tremble because of what will happen.

Everyone who lives in it will sob.

So the whole land will rise like the Nile River.

It will be stirred up.

Then it will settle back down again

like that river in Egypt.”

Amos 8:8 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Because of this will not the land quake

And everyone who dwells in it mourn?

Indeed, all of it will rise up like the Nile,

And it will be tossed about

And subside like the Nile of Egypt.


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