• 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
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References

    • 9 I saw Jehovah* stationed above the altar,+ and he proceeded to say: “Strike the pillar head, so that the thresholds will rock. And cut them off at the head, all of them.+ And the last part of them I shall kill with the sword itself. No one fleeing of them will make good his flight, and no one escaping of them will make his getaway.+

  • 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
    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.