Amos 2 (KJV)

16 verses · King James Version · Formal equivalence (word-for-word)

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Amos Chapter 2 contains 16 verses and is presented here in the King James Version (KJV), which uses a formal equivalence (word-for-word) approach. Read the full text below, compare with other translations, or navigate to any of the 9 chapters in Amos.

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1Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime:

2But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet:

3And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.

4Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked:

5But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

6Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;

7That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name: <sup>maid: or, young woman</sup>

8And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god. <sup>the condemned: or, such as have fined, or, mulcted</sup>

9Yet 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.

10Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

11And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD.

12But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

13Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves. <sup>I am: or, I will press your place, as a cart full of sheaves presseth</sup>

14Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself: <sup>himself: Heb. his soul, or, life</sup>

15Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.

16And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD. <sup>courageous: Heb. strong of his heart</sup>

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What is Amos 2 in the KJV?

Amos 2 in the King James Version (KJV) contains 16 verses. The KJV uses a formal equivalence (word-for-word) approach, first published in 1611.

How does the KJV translate Amos 2 differently?

The King James Version uses formal equivalence (word-for-word), preserving the classic English of 1611. Compare this with the NIV (dynamic equivalence) version of Amos 2 for a different perspective.

How many verses are in Amos 2 (KJV)?

Amos Chapter 2 contains 16 verses in the King James Version. The book of Amos has 9 chapters total.

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