Amos 8:8

New International Version

⁸“Will not the land tremble^(A) for this,
    and all who live in it mourn?
The whole land will rise like the Nile;
    it will be stirred up and then sink
    like the river of Egypt.^(B)

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Amos 8:8

New King James Version

⁸^(A)Shall the land not tremble for this,
And everyone mourn who dwells in it?
All of it shall swell like ^[a]the River,
Heave and subside
^(B)Like the River of Egypt.

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Footnotes

Amos 8:8 The Nile; some Heb. mss., LXX, Tg., Syr., Vg. River (cf. 9:5); MT the light

Amos 8:8

English Standard Version

⁸^(A)Shall not the land tremble on this account,
and everyone mourn who dwells in it,
^(B)and all of it rise like the Nile,
and be tossed about ^(C)and sink again, like the Nile of Egypt?”