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Amos 6:2

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2Pass over to aCalneh, and see,

and from there go to bHamath the great;

then go down to cGath of the Philistines.

dAre you better than these kingdoms?

Or is their territory greater than your territory,

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Cross references

  1. aGen. 10:10; Isa. 10:9
  2. b1 Kgs. 8:65; 2 Kgs. 18:34; Isa. 10:9
  3. cSee 1 Sam. 17:4
  4. d[Nah. 3:8]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Go to Kalneh and look at it;

go from there to great Hamath,

and then go down to Gath in Philistia.

Are they better off than your two kingdoms?

Is their land larger than yours?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Cross over to Calneh and see;

go from there to great Hamath;

then go down to Gath of the Philistines.

Are you better than these kingdoms?

Is their territory larger than yours?

NLTNew Living Translation

But go over to Calneh

and see what happened there.

Then go to the great city of Hamath

and down to the Philistine city of Gath.

You are no better than they were,

and look at how they were destroyed.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Cross over to Calneh and see, and go from there to Hamath Rabbah and go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are you better than these kingdoms, or is their territory greater than your territory?

KJV 1900King James Version

Pass ye unto Calneh, and see;

And from thence go ye to Hamath the great:

Then go down to Gath of the Philistines:

Be they better than these kingdoms?

Or their border greater than your border?