American King James Version
"That strengthens the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress. "
— Amos 5:9, American King James Version
“That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.”
“that bringeth sudden destruction upon the strong, so that destruction cometh upon the fortress. ”
“who brings sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the fortress.”
“He flashes destruction down upon the strong so that destruction overwhelms the fortified places.)”
“He that with a smile bringeth destruction upon the strong, and waste upon the mighty.”
“Who sends sudden destruction on the strong, so that destruction comes on the walled town.”
“That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.”
Seek the LORD, and you shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.
You who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
Seek him that makes the seven stars and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night: that calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:
That strengthens the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
They hate him that rebukes in the gate, and they abhor him that speaks uprightly.
For as much therefore as your treading is on the poor, and you take from him burdens of wheat: you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink wine of them.
For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.