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Amos 9:4

lAnd if they go into captivity before their enemies,

there I will command the sword, and it shall kill them;

mand I will fix my eyes upon them

for evil and not for good.”

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Amos 9:4 — The New International Version (NIV)

Though they are driven into exile by their enemies,

there I will command the sword to slay them.

“I will keep my eye on them

for harm and not for good.”

Amos 9:4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

And though they go into captivity before their enemies,

Thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them:

And I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.

Amos 9:4 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Even if their enemies drive them into exile,

I will command the sword to kill them there.

I am determined to bring disaster upon them

and not to help them.”

Amos 9:4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Though they go into captivity before their enemies,

From there I will command the sword,

And it shall slay them.

I will set My eyes on them for harm and not for good.”

Amos 9:4 — New Century Version (NCV)

If they are captured and taken away by their enemies,

I will command the sword to kill them.

I will keep watch over them,

but I will keep watch to give them trouble, not to do them good.”

Amos 9:4 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.

Amos 9:4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

and though they go into captivity before their enemies, there will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.

Amos 9:4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Even if they go into exile ahead of their enemies, 

I will command a sword to kill them. 

I will keep my eyes on them 

so that I can bring disaster on them and not help them. 

Amos 9:4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

And if they are driven

by their enemies into captivity,

from there I will command

the sword to kill them.

I will fix My eyes on them

for harm and not for good.

Amos 9:4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

And though they go into captivity in front of their enemies,

there I will command the sword, and it shall kill them;

and I will fix my eyes on them

for harm and not for good.

Amos 9:4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

And even if they go into captivity before their enemies, from there I will command the sword and it will kill them, and I will fix my eyes on them for harm and not for good.”

Amos 9:4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Their enemies might take them away

as prisoners to another country.

But I will command their enemies

to kill them with their swords.

I will turn my eyes toward them to harm them.

I will not help them.”

Amos 9:4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

“And though they go into captivity before their enemies,

From there I will command the sword that it slay them,

And I will set My eyes against them for evil and not for good.”


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