Amos 9:4

Amos 9:4 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

4Though they are driven into exile by their enemies,

there I will command the sword to slay them.

“I will keep my eye on them

for harm and not for good.”

4“And though they go into captivity before their enemies,

From there I will command the sword and it will kill them,

And I will set My eyes against them for harm and not for good.”

4And though they go into captivity before their enemies,

From there I will command the sword that it slay them,

And I will set My eyes against them for evil and not for good.”

4“And though they go into captivity before their enemies,

From there I shall command the sword to kill them,

And I will set My eyes against them for evil (judgment, punishment) and not for good [that is, not for correction leading to restoration].”

4Though they are driven by their enemies into captivity,

there I will command the sword to slay them.

I will fix My eyes upon them

for harm and not for good.”

4Their enemies might take them away

as prisoners to another country.

But there I will command Israel’s enemies

to cut them down with swords.

I will keep my eye on Israel to harm them.

I will not help them.”