Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Amos 9:5:

• Kupsabiny: “This matter is what the God of authority will do. He shall push the earth to shake it. And then all the people who live there shall feel the consequences/suffer. The whole world/land/earth will rise up and sink down like the river Nile.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The LORD God Almighty, he is the one who touches the earth and it melts,
  all who live there mourn.
  The earth will rise up like the Nile River flood time,
  and fall down water like the river of Egypt.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Amos still/continued to say, ‘If/When the Lord GOD Almighty touches the land/ground, it shakes and all its residents cry/weep. This shaking is like the high-tide and low-tide of the Nile River in Egipto.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “When the Commander of the armies of angels touches the earth, it melts,
  and all over the earth many people die, and the others mourn for them.
  It is as though Yahweh causes the earth repeatedly to rise and fall
  like the Nile River rises and falls.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Amos 9:6:

• Kupsabiny: “God built his home up there in heaven and he covered the ground/earth with clouds. He gathers the water of the ocean and makes it rain on the land.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The Lord builds His dwelling place in the heavens
  and lays its foundation on the earth.
  God summons the waters and they gather,
  and then He pours them out
  the LORD is His name.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “God (was) the one-who-made his own dwelling-place in heaven.
  And he (was) the one-who-made the air-space above the land/ground.
  He (is) the (one-who) gathers the water of the sea to the clouds and he causes- it -to-rain-upon the ground/soil.
  His name is the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “He builds his beautiful palace in heaven,
  and sets/causes the sky to be like a dome over the earth.
  He scoops up the water from the ocean and puts it into clouds,
  and then empties the clouds onto the earth.
  His name is Yahweh.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Amos 9:7:

• Kupsabiny: “God is saying, ‘People of Israel, are you not like the people of Cush? Am I not the one who brought you out from the land of Egypt? Is it not me who brought the Philistines from Crete and the Arameans from Kir?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Oh Israelites,
  for me you are like the children of Cush,
  says the LORD.
  "Did I not bring the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt?
  and the Philistines from Caphtor
  and the Arameans from Kir?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The LORD said, ‘The way- I -look-at you (plur.) from-Israel is just the same-as those from-Etiopia. (It is) true that I had-caused- you (plur.) -to-come-out of Egipto, but I also had-caused-to-come-out of Caphtor the Filistinhon and (out) of Kir the Arameanhon.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “And Yahweh says, ‘You people of Israel,
  you are certainly now no more important to me than the people of Ethiopia.
  I brought your ancestors here from Egypt,
  but I also brought the people of Philistia from Crete Island,
  and I brought the people of Syria from the Kir region.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Amos 9:8:

• Kupsabiny: “I am examining carefully this sinful community and I shall sweep (them) away no longer to be seen/appear in the world. But I shall not destroy all the stomach/descendants of Jacob.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “I, the LORD God’s eyes
  are on the kingdom of wicked Israel,
  I will destroy it from the earth-
  Nevertheless, I will not completely destroy the descendants of Jacob
  says the LORD.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “I, the Lord GOD, keeps-an-eye on your (plur.) wicked kingdom. And I will-destroy you (plur.) until you (plur.) will-disappear from the earth. But there are survivors among you (plur.) who are descendants of Jacob. I, the LORD, (am) the-(one) saying this.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “I , Yahweh the Lord, have seen that you people in the kingdom of Israel are very sinful,
  so I will destroy you/wipe you off the earth.
  But I will not get rid of all you descendants of Jacob.
  That is what will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Amos 9:9:

• Kupsabiny: “I shall speak and shake (sideways) the people of Israel in the whole world. I shall sift (them) like husks of wheat and I shall not leave even one to remain where the wheat is.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “I will give the command-
  Among all the nations I will sift the House of Israel
  as one sifts grain with a hasa [Newar item]
  yet not one of the small stones will fall to the ground. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Look! I will- now -command; I will-sift you (plur.) people of Israel together-with all the nations, like the sifting of grains. As the small-rocks/[lit. rock-rock] can- not -get-through in the thing-used-for sifting,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “When I command it, it will be as though I will shake you Israeli people who are living in various nations,
  like a farmer shakes a sieve to separate the stone pebbles from the grain,
  in order that they do not fall on the ground with the grain.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Amos 9:10:

• Kupsabiny: “All my people who are sinners will be killed, those who say, ‘Bad matters/things will never get us.’ ’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “All the sinners among my people
  who say ‘disaster will not come to us,
  ‘Nothing bad will happen to us’
  will be killed with swords.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “the wicked-ones among you (plur.) can- not also -get-through from my punishment but-rather they will- all -die in battle/war. They were the ones-who-say that there (is) nothing bad as-it-is-told/(kuno) will-come to them.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “From among my people,
  all you sinful people who say, ‘We will not experience disasters; nothing evil will happen to us,’
  will be killed by your enemies’ swords.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)