Amos 9:3

Amos 9:3 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

3Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,

there I will hunt them down and seize them.

Though they hide from my eyes at the bottom of the sea,

there I will command the serpent to bite them.

3“And though they hide on the summit of Carmel,

I will track them down and take them from there;

And though they hide themselves from My sight on the bottom of the sea,

I will command the serpent from there, and it will bite them.

3Though they hide on the summit of Carmel,

I will search them out and take them from there;

And though they conceal themselves from My sight on the floor of the sea,

From there I will command the serpent and it will bite them.

3“Though they hide on the summit of [Mount] Carmel,

I will track them down and take them from there;

And though they hide from My sight on the floor of the sea,

From there I shall command the serpent and it will bite them.

3Though they hide themselves atop Carmel,

there I will track them and seize them;

and though they hide from Me at the bottom of the sea,

there I will command the serpent9:3 Hebrew nachash; translated in most cases as snake to bite them.

3They might hide on top of Mount Carmel.

But I will hunt them down

and grab them.

They might hide from me at the bottom of the ocean.

But even there I will command the serpent to bite them.