Amos 9:2
Though they dig into Sheol, there my hand will take them; and though they climb up to heaven, there I will bring them down.This verse in the real world
In what words
- חָתַרchâtharto force a passage, as by burglary; figuratively, with oars
- שְׁאוֹלshᵉʼôwlHades or the world of the dead (as if a subterranean retreat), including its accessories a
- שָׁמַיִםshâmayimthe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move,
- עָלָהʻâlâhto ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses
- לָקַחlâqachto take (in the widest variety of applications)
- יָדyâda hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Psa 139:7–10, Jer 51:53, Oba 1:4, Luk 10:18, Isa 14:13–16, Jer 49:16, Ezk 28:13–16, Isa 2:19