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KJV Lexicon Yet destroyedshamad (shaw-mad') to desolate -- destory(-uction), bring to nought, overthrow, perish, pluck down, utterly. I the Amorite 'Emoriy (em-o-ree') thus, a mountaineer; an Emorite, one of the Canaanitish tribes -- Amorite. before paniym (paw-neem') the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) them whose height gobahh (go'-bah) elation, grandeur, arrogance -- excellency, haughty, height, high, loftiness, pride. was like the height gobahh (go'-bah) elation, grandeur, arrogance -- excellency, haughty, height, high, loftiness, pride. of the cedars 'erez (eh-rez') a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots) -- cedar (tree). and he was strong chacon (khaw-sone') powerful -- strong. as the oaks 'allown (al-lone') oak. yet I destroyed shamad (shaw-mad') to desolate -- destory(-uction), bring to nought, overthrow, perish, pluck down, utterly. his fruit priy (per-ee') fruit -- bough, (first-) fruit(-ful), reward. from above ma`al (mah'al) the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc. -- above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on (very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), very. and his roots sheresh (sheh'-resh) a root -- bottom, deep, heel, root. from beneath Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible "Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, Though his height was like the height of cedars And he was strong as the oaks; I even destroyed his fruit above and his root below. King James Bible Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. Holman Christian Standard Bible Yet I destroyed the Amorite as Israel advanced; his height was like the cedars, and he was as sturdy as the oaks; I destroyed his fruit above and his roots beneath. International Standard Version Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorites in front of them, though their height seemed like a cedar, though their strength seemed like an oak, but whose fruit I destroyed from above and the roots from beneath. NET Bible For Israel's sake I destroyed the Amorites. They were as tall as cedars and as strong as oaks, but I destroyed the fruit on their branches and their roots in the ground. GOD'S WORD® Translation I destroyed the Amorites in front of them, although the Amorites were as tall as cedars and as strong as oaks. I destroyed their fruit above the ground and their roots below it. King James 2000 Bible Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. Links Amos 2:9Amos 2:9 NIV Amos 2:9 NLT Amos 2:9 ESV Amos 2:9 NASB Amos 2:9 KJV |
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