Amos 2:3
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New International Version (©2011)
I will destroy her ruler and kill all her officials with him," says the LORD.

New Living Translation (©2007)
And I will destroy their king and slaughter all their princes," says the LORD.

English Standard Version (©2001)
I will cut off the ruler from its midst, and will kill all its princes with him,” says the LORD.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"I will also cut off the judge from her midst And slay all her princes with him," says the LORD.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
I will cut off the judge from the land and kill all its officials with him. The LORD has spoken.

International Standard Version (©2012)
I will execute their rulers among them, killing all of their officials as well," says the LORD.

NET Bible (©2006)
I will remove Moab's leader; I will kill all Moab's officials with him." The LORD has spoken!

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
I will take their judges away from them. I will kill all their officials at the same time. The LORD has said this.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And I will cut off the judge from its midst, and will slay all its princes with him, says the LORD.

American King James Version
And I will cut off the judge from the middle thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, said the LORD.

American Standard Version
and I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith Jehovah.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all his princes with him, saith the Lord.

Darby Bible Translation
And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith Jehovah.

English Revised Version
and I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.

Webster's Bible Translation
And I will cut off the judge from the midst of it, and will slay all its princes with him, saith the LORD.

World English Bible
and I will cut off the judge from their midst, and will kill all its princes with him," says Yahweh.

Young's Literal Translation
And I have cut off a judge from her midst, And all its heads I slay with him, said Jehovah.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

2:1-8 The evil passions of the heart break out in various forms; but the Lord looks to our motives, as well as our conduct. Those that deal cruelly, shall be cruelly dealt with. Other nations were reckoned with for injuries done to men; Judah is reckoned with for dishonour done to God. Judah despised the law of the Lord; and he justly gave them up to strong delusion; nor was it any excuse for their sin, that they were the lies, the idols, after which their fathers walked. The worst abominations and most grievous oppressions have been committed by some of the professed worshippers of the Lord. Such conduct leads many to unbelief and vile idolatry.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 3. - The judge; shophet, probably here a synonym for "king" (comp. Micah 5:1). it implies the chief magistrate, like the Carthaginian sufes, which is the same word. There is no ground for deducing, as Hitzig and Ewald do, from the use of this form that Moab had no king at this time. The country was conquered by the Chaldeans, and thenceforward sank into insignificance (Jeremiah 48; Ezekiel 25:8-11).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof,.... Either from the midst of Moab, the country in general; or from Kerioth in particular, so Kimchi; meaning their principal governor, their king, as Aben Ezra; for kings sometimes have acted as judges, took the bench, and sat and administered justice to their subjects:

and I will stay all the princes thereof with him, saith the Lord; the king, and the princes of the blood, and his nobles; so that there should be none to succeed him, or to protect and defend the people; the destruction should be an entire one, and inevitable, for the mouth of the Lord had spoken it. This was fulfilled at the same time as the prophecy against the children of Ammon by Nebuchadnezzar, five years after the destruction of Jerusalem (o), which is next threatened.

(o) Joseph. Antiqu. l. 10. c. 9. sect. 7. Vid. Judith i. 12.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

3. the judge—the chief magistrate, the supreme source of justice. "King" not being used, it seems likely a change of government had before this time substituted for kings, supreme judges.

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Judgment on Moab, Judah and Israel
1Thus said the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime: 2But I will send a fire on Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet: 3And I will cut off the judge from the middle thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, said the LORD. …

Job 12:21 He pours contempt on nobles and disarms the mighty.
Psalm 2:10 Therefore, you kings, be wise; be warned, you rulers of the earth.
Psalm 141:6 Their rulers will be thrown down from the cliffs, and the wicked will learn that my words were well spoken.
Isaiah 40:23 He brings princes to naught and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.
Amos 5:7 There are those who turn justice into bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground.
Amos 5:12 For I know how many are your offenses and how great your sins. There are those who oppress the innocent and take bribes and deprive the poor of justice in the courts.
Amos 6:12 Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness--