Even if they could dig down into the netherworld, ¹  my hand would pull them up from there. Even if they could climb up to heaven, I would drag them down from there.

biblegateway Amo 9:2

"Though they dig into Sheol, From there will My hand take them; And though they ascend to heaven, From there will I bring them down.

If they dig down to Sheol, from there My hand will take them; if they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down.

Even if they dig their way into Sheol, my hand will take them from there. Even if they go up to heaven, I will bring them down from there.

biblegateway Amo 9:2

Though they dig down to the depths of the grave, from there my hand will take them. Though they climb up to the heavens, from there I will bring them down.

"If they dig into Sheol, from there shall my hand take them; if they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down.

bibleoremus Amo 9:2

Though they dig into Sheol, from there shall my hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, from there I will bring them down.

Though they dig down to Sheol, from there my hand will take them; though they climb up to the heavens, from there I shall bring them down.

biblegateway Amo 9:2

"Though they dig into hell, From there my hand shall take them; Though they climb up to heaven, From there I will bring them down;

Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:

biblegateway Amo 9:2

Even if they could dig down into the netherworld, ¹  my hand would pull them up from there. Even if they could climb up to heaven, I would drag them down from there.

¹ tn Heb “into Sheol” (so ASV, NASB, NRSV), that is, the land of the dead localized in Hebrew thought in the earth’s core or the grave. Cf. KJV “hell”; NCV, NLT “the place of the dead”; NIV “the depths of the grave.”