Amos 9:3 “Though they hide themselves atop Carmel, there I will track them and s…”

Amos 9:3

Though 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 serpent to bite them.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them:

World English Bible

Though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out from there; and though they be hidden from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent, and it will bite them.

American Standard Version

Geneva Bible 1599

And though they hide them selues in the toppe of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence: and though they be hid from my sight in the bottome of the sea, thence will I commande the serpent, and he shall bite them.

Darby Translation

and though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there will I command the serpent, and it shall bite them;

Young's Literal Translation

And if they be hid in the top of Carmel, From thence I search out, and have taken them, And if they be hid from Mine eyes in the bottom of the sea, From thence I command the serpent, And it hath bitten them.

Bible in Basic English

Though they take cover on the top of Carmel, I will go in search of them and get them out; though they keep themselves from my eyes in the bed of the sea, I will give orders to the great snake there and he will give them a bite:

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Cross references

“hide”

Job 34:22 Jeremiah 23:23 Jeremiah 23:24

Job 34:22 · BSB

There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.

Jeremiah 23:23 · BSB

“Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a God far away?”

Jeremiah 23:24 · BSB

“Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD.

“hid”

Jeremiah 16:16 Psalm 139:9–11

Jeremiah 16:16 · BSB

But for now I will send for many fishermen, declares the LORD, and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill, even from the clefts of the rocks…

Psalm 139:9–11 · BSB

If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,

“the serpent”

Isaiah 27:1

Isaiah 27:1 · BSB

In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent —Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.

Also

Amos 1:2

Amos 1:2 · BSB

He said: “The LORD roars from Zion and raises His voice from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Though they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, from there I will pull them down.

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.”

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