KJV King James Version
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:
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Amos 9:3
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:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
Though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out there; and though they be hidden from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent, and it will bite them.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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.
Surrounding context — Amos 9
1 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
3 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:
4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
5 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.
6 [It is] he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD [is] his name.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְאִם־H518 · imifיֵחָֽבְאוּ֙H2244 · cha.vato hideבְּרֹ֣אשׁH7218 · roshheadהַכַּרְמֶ֔לH3760 · kar.melCarmelמִשָּׁ֥םH8033 · shamthereאֲחַפֵּ֖שׂH2664 · cha.pha.sto searchוּלְקַחְתִּ֑יםH3947 · la.qachto take: takeוְאִם־H518 · imifיִסָּ֨תְר֜וּH5641 · sa.tarto hideמִנֶּ֤גֶדH5048 · ne.gedbeforeעֵינַי֙H5869 · a.yineyeבְּקַרְקַ֣עH7172 · qar.qafloorהַיָּ֔םH3220 · yamseaמִשָּׁ֛םH8033 · shamthereאֲצַוֶּ֥הH6680 · tsa.vahto commandאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַנָּחָ֖שׁH5175 · na.chashserpentוּנְשָׁכָֽם׃H5391 · na.shakhto bite
Cross-references
Jeremiah 16:16Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.Job 34:22[There is] no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.Jeremiah 23:23-24[Am] I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off?Isaiah 27:1In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that [is] in the sea.Amos 1:2And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.Psalm 139:9-11[If] I take the wings of the morning, [and] dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
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