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Amos 2:9

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9Yet xdestroyed I the Amorite before them,

yWhose height was like the height of the cedars,

And he was strong as yythe oaks;

Yet zI destroyed his fruit from above,

And zhis roots from beneath.

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Footnotes

  1. ySo Num. 13:32, 33. Comp. Isai. 10:33. See Ps. 92:12.
  2. yySee Hos. 4:13.
  3. zSee Job 18:16.
  4. zSee Job 18:16.

Cross references

  1. xNum. 21:21–25. Josh. 24:8.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them,

whose height was like the height of the cedars

and who was as strong as the oaks;

I destroyed his fruit above

and his roots beneath.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Yet I destroyed the Amorites before them,

though they were tall as the cedars

and strong as the oaks.

I destroyed their fruit above

and their roots below.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Yet I destroyed the Amorite as Israel advanced;

his height was like the cedars,

and he was as sturdy as the oaks;

I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath.

NLTNew Living Translation

“But as my people watched,

I destroyed the Amorites,

though they were as tall as cedars

and as strong as oaks.

I destroyed the fruit on their branches

and dug out their roots.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, who was as tall as cedars and was as strong as the oaks. I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath.