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Amos 9:5

The Lord God of hosts,

he who touches the earth and nit melts,

and all who dwell in it mourn,

oand all of it rises like the Nile,

oand sinks again, like the Nile of Egypt;

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Amos 9:5 — The New International Version (NIV)

The Lord, the Lord Almighty—

he touches the earth and it melts,

and all who live in it mourn;

the whole land rises like the Nile,

then sinks like the river of Egypt;

Amos 9:5 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

And the Lord God of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt,

And all that dwell therein shall mourn:

And it shall rise up wholly like a flood;

And shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.

Amos 9:5 — New Living Translation (NLT)

The Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies,

touches the land and it melts,

and all its people mourn.

The ground rises like the Nile River at floodtime,

and then it sinks again.

Amos 9:5 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

The Lord God of hosts,

He who touches the earth and it melts,

And all who dwell there mourn;

All of it shall swell like the River,

And subside like the River of Egypt.

Amos 9:5 — New Century Version (NCV)

The Lord God All-Powerful touches the land,

and the land shakes.

Then everyone who lives in the land cries for the dead.

The whole land rises like the Nile River

and falls like the river of Egypt.

Amos 9:5 — American Standard Version (ASV)

For the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, is he that toucheth the land and it melteth, and all that dwell therein shall mourn; and it shall rise up wholly like the River, and shall sink again, like the River of Egypt;

Amos 9:5 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And the Lord Jehovah of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it melteth, and all that dwell therein shall mourn; and it shall wholly rise up like the Nile, and sink down as the river of Egypt.

Amos 9:5 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

The Almighty Lord of Armies touches the earth. 

It quakes, and all who live on it mourn. 

All of it rises like the Nile 

and sinks like Egypt’s river. 

Amos 9:5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

The Lord, the God of Hosts—

He touches the earth;

it melts, and all who dwell in it mourn;

all of it rises like the Nile

and subsides like the Nile of Egypt.

Amos 9:5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

The Lord, God of hosts,

he who touches the earth and it melts,

and all who live in it mourn,

and all of it rises like the Nile,

and sinks again, like the Nile of Egypt;

Amos 9:5 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

And thus will do the Lord Yahweh of hosts, who touches the earth and it melts, and all of those living in it mourn, and all of it rises like the Nile and it sinks down like the Nile of Egypt,

Amos 9:5 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

The Lord rules over all.

The Lord touches the earth, and it melts.

Everyone who lives in it sobs.

The whole land rises like the Nile River.

Then it settles back down again

like that river in Egypt.

Amos 9:5 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

The Lord God of hosts,

The One who touches the land so that it melts,

And all those who dwell in it mourn,

And all of it rises up like the Nile

And subsides like the Nile of Egypt;


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