Amos 9:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.”
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“Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and seize them; and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent to bite them.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:”
King James Version · Public Domain“And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and it shall bite them.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And if they be hid in the top of Carmel, From thence I search out, and have taken them, And if they be hid from Mine eyes in the bottom of the sea, From thence I command the serpent, And it hath bitten them.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Amos 9:3 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 22:46Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.
- Job 22:13Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
- Job 34:22There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.
- Psalms 68:23that your foot may be dipped in the blood of your foes— the tongues of your dogs in the same.”
- Psalms 139:9If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,
- Psalms 139:10even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.
- Isaiah 27:1In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent—Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.
- Jeremiah 16:16But for now I will send for many fishermen, declares the LORD, and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill, even from the clefts of the rocks.
- Jeremiah 23:23“Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a God far away?”
- Jeremiah 23:24“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.
- Amos 1:2He said: “The LORD roars from Zion and raises His voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers.”
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