Amos 5:9
A Call to Repentance
8He who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns darkness into dawn and darkens day into night, who summons the waters of the sea and pours them over the face of the earth— the LORD is His name— 9He flashes destruction on the strong, so that fury comes upon the stronghold.
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Berean Standard Bible
He flashes destruction on the strong, so that fury comes upon the stronghold.
American Standard Version (1901)
that bringeth sudden destruction upon the strong, so that destruction cometh upon the fortress.
Bible in Basic English
Who sends sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the walled town.
Free Bible Version
In a flash he cuts down the strong and destroys the fortresses.
Geneva Bible 1599
He strengtheneth the destroyer against the mightie: and the destroyer shall come against the fortresse.
King James (Authorized) Version
That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
Translation for Translators
He causes strong soldiers to be killed, and causes the ◄high walls around/fortresses of► cities to be torn down.
Unlocked Literal Bible
He brings sudden destruction on the strong
so that destruction comes on the fortresses.
Noah Webster Bible
That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
World English Bible
who brings sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the fortress.
Young's Literal Translation
Who is brightening up the spoiled against the strong, And the spoiled against a fortress cometh.