Amos 9:3
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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: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.
In other translations
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: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.
Hebrew words
וְאִם־ve'im-and ifH518יֵחָבְאוּyechave'uthey will hide themselvesH2244בְּרֹאשׁberoshon [the] top ofH7218הַכַּרְמֶלhakarmel<the> CarmelH3760מִשָּׁםmishamfrom thereH8033אֲחַפֵּשׂ'achapesI will search for [them]H2664וּלְקַחְתִּיםulekachtimand I will take themH3947וְאִם־ve'im-and ifH518יִסָּתְרוּyisateruthey will hide themselvesH5641מִנֶּגֶדminegedfrom beforeH5048עֵינַי'einaieyes myH5869בְּקַרְקַעbekarka'at [the] bottom ofH7172הַיָּםhaiyamthe seaH3220מִשָּׁםmishamfrom thereH8033אֲצַוֶּה'atzavehI will commandH6680אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הַנָּחָשׁhanachashthe snakeH5175וּנְשָׁכָם׃uneshakhamand it will bite themH5391
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- 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.But 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.
- Job 34:22There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.
- Jeremiah 23:23-2423 Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? 24 Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.23 “Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a God far away?” 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.
- 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.In 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.
- 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.He said: “The LORD roars from Zion and raises His voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers.”
- Psalm 139:9-119 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; 10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. 11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.9 If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea, 10 even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast. 11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—
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