Amos 9:2
New International Version
Though they dig down to the depths below, from there my hand will take them. Though they climb up to the heavens above, from there I will bring them down.

New Living Translation
“Even if they dig down to the place of the dead, I will reach down and pull them up. Even if they climb up into the heavens, I will bring them down.

English Standard Version
“If they dig into Sheol, from there shall my hand take them; if they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down.

Berean Standard Bible
Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down.

King James Bible
Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:

New King James Version
“Though they dig into hell, From there My hand shall take them; Though they climb up to heaven, From there I will bring them down;

New American Standard Bible
“Though they dig into Sheol, From there My hand will take them; And though they ascend to heaven, From there I will bring them down.

NASB 1995
“Though they dig into Sheol, From there will My hand take them; And though they ascend to heaven, From there will I bring them down.

NASB 1977
“Though they dig into Sheol, From there shall My hand take them; And though they ascend to heaven, From there will I bring them down.

Legacy Standard Bible
Though they dig into Sheol, From there will My hand take them; And though they ascend to heaven, From there will I bring them down.

Amplified Bible
“Though they dig into Sheol [to hide in the deepest pit], From there My hand will take them [for judgment]; And though they climb up to heaven [to hide in the realm of light], From there will I bring them down [for judgment].

Christian Standard Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
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.

American Standard Version
Though they dig into Sheol, thence shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
If they will go down to Sheol, from there my hand will bring them up, and if they will go up to Heaven, from there I shall bring them down!

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Though they hid themselves in hell, thence shall my hand drag them forth; and though they go up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.

Contemporary English Version
"If they dig deep into the earth or climb to the sky, I'll reach out and get them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

English Revised Version
Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; and though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Even if they dig their way into Sheol, my hand will take them from there. Even if they go up to heaven, I will bring them down from there.

Good News Translation
Even if they dig their way down to the world of the dead, I will catch them. Even if they climb up to heaven, I will bring them down.

International Standard Version
"Even if they burrow into Sheol, from there my hand will find them. Even if they ascend to the heavens, from there I will bring them down.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Though they dig into the nether-world, Thence shall My hand take them; And though they climb up to heaven, Thence will I bring them down.

Literal Standard Version
If they dig through into Sheol, | From there My hand takes them, | And if they go up [to] the heavens, | From there I cause them to come down.

Majority Standard Bible
Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down.

New American Bible
Though they dig down to Sheol, even from there my hand shall take them; Though they climb to the heavens, even from there I shall bring them down.

NET Bible
Even if they could dig down into the netherworld, my hand would pull them up from there. Even if they could climb up to heaven, I would drag them down from there.

New Revised Standard Version
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.

New Heart English Bible
Though they dig into Sheol, there my hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, there I will bring them down.

Webster's Bible Translation
Though they dig into the place of the dead, thence shall my hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:

World English Bible
Though they dig into Sheol, there my hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, there I will bring them down.

Young's Literal Translation
If they dig through into sheol, From thence doth My hand take them, And if they go up the heavens, From thence I cause them to come down.

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Context
The Destruction of Israel
1I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape. 2Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down. 3Though 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.…

Cross References
Job 34:22
There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.

Psalm 139:8
If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.

Jeremiah 49:16
The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down," declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 51:53
Even if Babylon ascends to the heavens and fortifies her lofty stronghold, the destroyers I send will come against her," declares the LORD.

Ezekiel 26:20
then I will bring you down with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the earth below like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or set in splendor in the land of the living.

Ezekiel 31:14
This happened so that no other trees by the waters would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the depths of the earth, among the mortals who descend to the Pit.'

Obadiah 1:4
Though you soar like the eagle and make your nest among the stars, even from there I will bring you down," declares the LORD.


Treasury of Scripture

Though they dig into hell, there shall my hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, there will I bring them down:

Though.

dig.

Job 26:6
Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

Psalm 139:7-10
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? …

Isaiah 2:19
And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

climb.

Job 20:6
Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds;

Isaiah 14:13-16
For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: …

Jeremiah 49:16
Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.

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Amos 9
1. The certainty of the desolation.
11. The restoring of the tabernacle of David.














(2) Dig.--For this expression break should be substituted. "Hell," or rather, Hades (Sheol), the dark abode of the gathered dead, is contrasted with "heaven," the abode of light. Escape from the universal Lord is impossible.

Verse 2. - The thought of ver. 1 is further expanded, the notion of flight being, as Jerome says, dissected. For dig, the LXX. reads, "be hidden;" but the expression implies a breaking through (Ezekiel 8:8). Hell (Sheol) is supposed to be in the inmost part of the earth (comp. Psalm 139:7, 8; Obadiah 1:4). Take them. To receive punishment.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Though
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

they dig down
יַחְתְּר֣וּ (yaḥ·tə·rū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 2864: To force a, passage, as by burglary, with oars

to Sheol,
בִשְׁא֔וֹל (ḇiš·’ō·wl)
Preposition-b | Noun - common singular
Strong's 7585: Underworld (place to which people descend at death)

from there
מִשָּׁ֖ם (miš·šām)
Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

My hand
יָדִ֣י (yā·ḏî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 3027: A hand

will take them;
תִקָּחֵ֑ם (ṯiq·qā·ḥêm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3947: To take

and though
וְאִֽם־ (wə·’im-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

they climb up
יַעֲלוּ֙ (ya·‘ă·lū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

to heaven,
הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם (haš·šā·ma·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8064: Heaven, sky

from there
מִשָּׁ֖ם (miš·šām)
Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

I will pull them down.
אוֹרִידֵֽם׃ (’ō·w·rî·ḏêm)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend


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