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Amos 9:5

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9:5The sovereign Lord who commands armies will do this.15

He touches the earth and it dissolves;16

all who live on it mourn.

The whole earth17 rises like the River Nile,18

and then grows calm19 like the Nile in Egypt.20

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Footnotes

  1. 15 The words “will do this” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
  2. 16 Or “melts.” The verb probably depicts earthquakes and landslides. See v. 5b.
  3. 17 Heb “all of it.”
  4. 18 Heb “the Nile.” The word “River” is supplied in the translation for clarity.
  5. 19 Or “sinks back down.”
  6. 20 See Amos 8:8, which is very similar to this verse.

The NET Bible First Edition, Copyright 1996-2005 by Biblical Studies Press

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The Lord God of hosts,

he who touches the earth and it melts,

and all who dwell in it mourn,

and all of it rises like the Nile,

and sinks again, like the Nile of Egypt;

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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;

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The Lord, the God of Armies—

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.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

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.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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,

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

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