Amos 9:8

Amos 9:8 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

8“Surely the eyes of the Sovereign Lord

are on the sinful kingdom.

I will destroy it

from the face of the earth.

Yet I will not totally destroy

the descendants of Jacob,”

declares the Lord.

8“Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are on the sinful kingdom,

And I will eliminate it from the face of the earth;

Nevertheless, I will not totally eliminate the house of Jacob,”

Declares the Lord.

8Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are on the sinful kingdom,

And I will destroy it from the face of the earth;

Nevertheless, I will not totally destroy the house of Jacob,”

Declares the Lord.

8“Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are on the sinful [northern] kingdom [of Israel’s ten tribes]

And I shall destroy it from the face of the earth;

But I shall not totally destroy the house of Jacob [that is, the entire nation of Israel],”

Says the Lord.

8Surely the eyes of the Lord GOD

are on the sinful kingdom,

and I will destroy it from the face of the earth.

Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,”

declares the Lord.

8“I am the Lord and King.

My eyes are watching the sinful kingdom of Israel.

I will wipe it off the face of the earth.

But I will not totally destroy the people of Jacob,”

announces the Lord.