Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds,
Amos 9:2 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) “Though they dig into Sheol, from there shall my hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Though they dig into Sheol (Hades, the dark abode of the gathered dead), from there shall My hand take them; though they climb up to heaven [the abode of light], from there will I bring them down; American Standard Version (1901) Though they dig into Sheol, thence shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down. Common English Bible If they dig through into the underworld, from there my hand will take them. If they climb up to the heavens, from there I will bring them down. Catholic Public Domain Version If they descend even to the underworld, from there my hand will draw them out; and if they ascend even to the sky, from there will I pull them down. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Though they go down even to hell, thence shall my hand bring them out: and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down. |
Though his height mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds,
Therefore you say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through the deep darkness?
He gives them security, and they are supported; and his eyes are upon their ways.
And men shall enter the caves of the rocks and the holes of the ground, from before the terror of the Lord, and from the glory of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth.
The horror you inspire has deceived you, and the pride of your heart, you who live in the clefts of the rock, who hold the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as the eagle's, I will bring you down from there, says the Lord.
Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify her strong height, yet destroyers would come from me upon her, says the Lord.
then I will thrust you down with those who descend into the Pit, to the people of old, and I will make you to dwell in the nether world, among primeval ruins, with those who go down to the Pit, so that you will not be inhabited or have a place in the land of the living.
All this is in order that no trees by the waters may grow to lofty height or set their tops among the clouds, and that no trees that drink water may reach up to them in height; for they are all given over to death, to the nether world among mortal men, with those who go down to the Pit.
Though you soar aloft like the eagle, though your nest is set among the stars, thence I will bring you down, says the Lord.