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Amos 4:2

The Sovereign Lord has sworn this by his holiness:

“The time will come when you will be led away

with hooks in your noses.

Every last one of you will be dragged away

like a fish on a hook!

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Amos 4:2 — The New International Version (NIV)

The Sovereign Lord has sworn by his holiness:

“The time will surely come

when you will be taken away with hooks,

the last of you with fishhooks.

Amos 4:2 — English Standard Version (ESV)

The Lord God has sworn by his holiness

that, behold, the days are coming upon you,

when they shall take you away with hooks,

even the last of you with fishhooks.

Amos 4:2 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness,

That, lo, the days shall come upon you,

That he will take you away with hooks,

And your posterity with fishhooks.

Amos 4:2 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

The Lord God has sworn by His holiness:

“Behold, the days shall come upon you

When He will take you away with fishhooks,

And your posterity with fishhooks.

Amos 4:2 — New Century Version (NCV)

The Lord God has promised this:

“Just as surely as I am a holy God,

the time will come

when you will be taken away by hooks,

and what is left of you with fishhooks.

Amos 4:2 — American Standard Version (ASV)

The Lord Jehovah hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that they shall take you away with hooks, and your residue with fish-hooks.

Amos 4:2 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

the Lord Jehovah hath sworn by his holiness, that behold, days shall come upon you, when he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fish-hooks;

Amos 4:2 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

The Almighty Lord has taken an oath on his holiness: 

Surely, the time is going to come 

when you will be taken away on hooks, 

and the rest of you on fishhooks. 

Amos 4:2 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

The Lord God has sworn by His holiness:

Look, the days are coming

when you will be taken away with hooks,

every last one of you with fishhooks.

Amos 4:2 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

The Lord God has sworn by his holiness:

The time is surely coming upon you,

when they shall take you away with hooks,

even the last of you with fishhooks.

Amos 4:2 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

My Lord Yahweh has sworn by his holiness that, “Behold, the days are coming upon you when they will take you away with hooks, even the last of you with fishing hooks.

Amos 4:2 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

The Lord and King has taken an oath

in his own holy name.

He says, “You can be sure

that the time will come

when your enemies will put hooks in your faces.

They will lead every one of you away with fishhooks.

Amos 4:2 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

The Lord God has sworn by His holiness,

Behold, the days are coming upon you

When they will take you away with meat hooks,

And the last of you with fish hooks.


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