• Amos 9:1
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 9 I saw Jehovah+ stationed above the altar, and he said: “Strike the head of the pillar, and the thresholds will shake. Cut them off at the head, and I will kill the last of them with the sword. No one who flees will get away, and no one trying to escape will succeed.+

  • Amos 9:1
    The Bible in Living English

    • 9* I saw the Lord where he had taken his stand by the altar, and he said “Strike the pillar-head and let the ceiling shake, knock them off on the heads of them all, and the last of them I will kill with the sword: they shall not have a fugitive run away nor a refugee get to safety.

  • Amos 9:1
    American Standard Version

    • 9 I saw the Lord standing beside the altar: and he said, Smite the capitals, that the thresholds may shake; and break them in pieces on the head of all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: there shall not one of them flee away, and there shall not one of them escape.

  • Amos 9:1
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 9 I saw My Lord stationed by the altar and he said—Smite the capital—that the sills may tremble, Yea break them off on the head of them all, And the last of them with the sword will I slay,—He that fleeth of them shall not flee away, And he that escapeth of them shall not make good his escape.

  • Amos 9:1
    King James Version

    • 9 I saw the Lord standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.