Though his arrogance reaches heaven, and his head touches the clouds,
Amos 9:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised If they dig down to Sheol, from there my hand will take them; if they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 arrogance reaches heaven, and his head touches the clouds,
Yet you say, ‘What does God know? Can he judge through total darkness?
He gives them a sense of security, so they can rely on it, but his eyes watch over their ways.
People will go into caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the Lord and from his majestic splendour, when he rises to terrify the earth.
As to the terror you cause, your arrogant heart has deceived you. You who live in the clefts of the rock, you who occupy the mountain summit, though you elevate your nest like the eagles, even from there I will bring you down. This is the Lord’s declaration.
Even if Babylon should ascend to the heavens and fortify her tall fortresses, destroyers will come against her from me. This is the Lord’s declaration.
then I will bring you down to be with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the underworld like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or display your splendour in the land of the living.
This happened so that no trees planted beside water would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and so that no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the underworld, among the people who descend to the Pit.
Though you seem to soar like an eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down. This is the Lord’s declaration.