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Amos 2:9

NETBible	For Israel’s sake I destroyed the Amorites.¹ They were as tall as cedars² and as strong as oaks, but I destroyed the fruit on their branches³ and their roots in the ground.⁴
NIV © biblegateway Amo 2:9	"I destroyed the Amorite before them, though he was tall as the cedars and strong as the oaks. I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.
NASB © biblegateway Amo 2:9	"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.
NLT © biblegateway Amo 2:9	"Yet think of all I did for my people! I destroyed the Amorites before my people arrived in the land. The Amorites were as tall as cedar trees and strong as oaks, but I destroyed their fruit and dug out their roots.
MSG © biblegateway Amo 2:9	"In contrast, I was always on your side. I destroyed the Amorites who confronted you, Amorites with the stature of great cedars, tough as thick oaks. I destroyed them from the top branches down. I destroyed them from the roots up.
BBE © SABDAweb Amo 2:9	Though I sent destruction on the Amorite before them, who was tall as the cedar and strong as the oak-tree, cutting off his fruit from on high and his roots from under the earth.
NRSV © bibleoremus Amo 2:9	Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of cedars, and who was as strong as oaks; I destroyed his fruit above, and his roots beneath.
NKJV © biblegateway Amo 2:9	"Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, Whose height was like the height of the cedars, And he was as strong as the oaks; Yet I destroyed his fruit above And his roots beneath.
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KJV	Yet destroyed <08045> (8689) I the Amorite <0567> before <06440> them, whose height <01363> [was] like the height <01363> of the cedars <0730>_, and he [was] strong <02634> as the oaks <0437>_; yet I destroyed <08045> (8686) his fruit <06529> from above <04605>_, and his roots <08328> from beneath.
NASB © biblegateway Amo 2:9	"Yet it was I who destroyed <08045> the Amorite <0567> before <04480> <6440> them, Though his height <01363> was like the height <01363> of cedars <0730> And he was strong <02634> as the oaks <0437> ; I even destroyed <08045> his fruit <06529> above <04480> <4605> and his root <08328> below <04480> <8478 >.
LXXM	egw <1473> P-NS de <1161> PRT exhra <1808> V-AAI-1S ton <3588> T-ASM amorraion {N-ASM} ek <1537> PREP proswpou <4383> N-GSN autwn <846> D-GPM ou <3739> R-GSM hn <1510> V-IAI-3S kaywv <2531> ADV uqov <5311> N-NSN kedrou {N-GSF} to <3588> T-NSN uqov <5311> N-NSN autou <846> D-GSM kai <2532> CONJ iscurov <2478> A-NSM hn <1510> V-IAI-3S wv <3739> CONJ druv {N-NSF} kai <2532> CONJ exhra <1808> V-AAI-1S ton <3588> T-ASM karpon <2590> N-ASM autou <846> D-GSM epanwyen {ADV} kai <2532> CONJ tav <3588> T-APF rizav {N-APF} autou <846> D-GSM upokatwyen {PREP}
NET [draft] ITL	For Israel’s sake I <0595> destroyed <08045> the Amorites <0567> . They were as tall <01363> as cedars <0730> and as strong <02634> as oaks <0437> , but I destroyed <08045> the fruit <06529> on their branches <04605> and their roots <08328> in the ground <08478> .
HEBREW	txtm <08478> wysrsw <08328> lemm <04605> wyrp <06529> dymsaw <08045> Mynwlak <0437> awh <01931> Noxw <02634> whbg <01363> Myzra <0730> hbgk <01363> rsa <0834> Mhynpm <06440> yrmah <0567> ta <0853> ytdmsh <08045> yknaw (2:9) <0595>

NETBible

For Israel’s sake I destroyed the Amorites.¹ They were as tall as cedars² and as strong as oaks, but I destroyed the fruit on their branches³ and their roots in the ground.⁴

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “I destroyed the Amorites from before them.” The translation takes מִפְּנֵי (mippÿney) in the sense of “for the sake of.” See BDB 818 s.v. פָּנֻה II.6.a and H. W. Wolff, Joel and Amos (Hermeneia), 134. Another option is to take the phrase in a spatial sense, “I destroyed the Amorites, [clearing them out] from before them [i.e., Israel]” (cf. NIV, NRSV).

²tn Heb “whose height was like the height of cedars.”

³tn Heb “his fruit from above.”

⁴tn Heb “and his roots from below.”