Amos 5:9 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁹ who makes destruction flash forth against the strong, so that destruction comes upon the fortress.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ that strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Who causes sudden destruction to flash forth upon the strong so that destruction comes upon the fortress.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ that bringeth sudden destruction upon the strong, so that destruction cometh upon the fortress.

Common English Bible

⁹ who causes destruction to flash out against the strong, so that destruction comes upon the fortress.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ It is he who smiles destruction on the healthy, and who brings pillaging upon the powerful.

Amos 5:9 Cross References

Hebrews 11:34

quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, won strength out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.

Micah 5:11

and I will cut off the cities of your land and throw down all your strongholds;

Jeremiah 37:10

For even if you should defeat the whole army of Chaldeans who are fighting against you, and there remained of them only wounded men, every man in his tent, they would rise up and burn this city with fire.’ ”

2 Kings 13:25

Then Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again from Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken from Jehoahaz his father in war. Three times Joash defeated him and recovered the cities of Israel.

2 Kings 13:17

And he said, “Open the window eastward”; and he opened it. Then Elisha said, “Shoot”; and he shot. And he said, “The Lord's arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Syria! For you shall fight the Syrians in Aphek until you have made an end of them.”

Isaiah 29:5

But the multitude of your foes shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the ruthless like passing chaff. And in an instant, suddenly,

Amos 2:14

Flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not retain his strength, nor shall the mighty save his life;