Amos 2:1

ASV: Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:

DARBY: Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime.

DRA: Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Moab, and for four I will not convert him: because he hath burnt the bones of the king of Edom even to ashes.

KJV: Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:

Amos 2:2

ASV: but I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet;

DARBY: And I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerijoth; and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, [and] with the sound of the trumpet.

DRA: And I will seed a fire into Moab, and it shall devour the houses of Carioth: and Moab shall die with a noise, with the sound of the trumpet:

KJV: But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:

Amos 2:3

ASV: and I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith Jehovah.

DARBY: And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith Jehovah.

DRA: And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all his princes with him, saith the Lord.

KJV: And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.

Amos 2:4

ASV: Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have caused them to err, after which their fathers did walk:

DARBY: Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because they have despised the law of Jehovah, and have not kept his statutes; and their lies have caused them to err, after which their fathers walked.

DRA: Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Juda, and for four I will not convert him: because he hath cast away the law of the Lord, and hath not kept his commandments: for their idols have caused them to err, after which their fathers have walked.

KJV: Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:

Amos 2:5

ASV: but I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

DARBY: And I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

DRA: And I will send a fire into Juda, and it shall devour the houses of Jerusalem.

KJV: But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

Amos 2:6

ASV: Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes-

DARBY: Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;

DRA: Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Israel, and for four I will not convert him: because he hath sold the just man for silver, and the poor man for a pair of shoes.

KJV: Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;

Amos 2:7

ASV: they that pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father go unto the [same] maiden, to profane my holy name:

DARBY: panting after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turning aside the way of the meek; and a man and his father will go in unto the [same] maid, to profane my holy name.

DRA: They bruise the heads of the poor upon the dust of the earth, and turn aside the way of the humble: and the son and his father have gone to the same young woman, to profane my holy name.

KJV: That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:

Amos 2:8

ASV: and they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of such as have been fined.

DARBY: And they lay [themselves] down by every altar upon clothes taken in pledge, and they drink [in] the house of their God the wine of the condemned.

DRA: And they sat down upon garments laid to pledge by every altar: and drank the wine of the condemned in the house of their God.

KJV: And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

Amos 2:9

ASV: Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

DARBY: But I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was as the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; but I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

DRA: Yet I cast out the Amorrhite before their face: whose height was like the height of cedars, and who was strong as an oak: and I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots beneath.

KJV: Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

Amos 2:10

ASV: Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

DARBY: And I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

DRA: It is I that brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and I led you forty years through the wilderness, that you might possess the land of the Amorrhite.

KJV: Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

Amos 2:11

ASV: And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazirites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith Jehovah.

DARBY: And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, ye children of Israel? saith Jehovah.

DRA: And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not so, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord?

KJV: And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.

Amos 2:12

ASV: But ye gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

DARBY: And ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

DRA: And you will present wine to the Nazarites: and command the prophets, saying: Prophesy not.

KJV: But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

Amos 2:13

ASV: Behold, I will press [you] in your place, as a cart presseth that is full of sheaves.

DARBY: Behold, I will press upon you, as a cart presseth that is full of sheaves.

DRA: Behold, I will screak under you as a wain screaketh that is laden with hay.

KJV: Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.

Amos 2:14

ASV: And flight shall perish from the swift; and the strong shall not strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;

DARBY: And flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver his soul.

DRA: And flight shall perish from the swift, and the valiant shall not possess his strength, neither shall the strong save his life.

KJV: Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:

Amos 2:15

ASV: neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver [himself]; neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself;

DARBY: Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and the swift of foot shall not escape, and he that rideth the horse shall not deliver his soul;

DRA: And he that holdeth the bow shall not stand, and the swift of foot shall not escape, neither shall the rider of the horse save his life.

KJV: Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.

Amos 2:16

ASV: and he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith Jehovah.

DARBY: and he that is stout-hearted among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith Jehovah.

DRA: And the stout of heart among the valiant shall flee away naked in that day, saith the Lord.

KJV: And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD.

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