When the powerful horses went out, they were straining to go throughout the earth. And he said, "Go throughout the earth!" So they went throughout the earth.
NIV
And [the chariots with] the strong [horses] went forth and sought to go that they might patrol the earth. And [the Lord] said to them, Go, walk to and fro through the earth and patrol it. So they walked about through the earth [watching and protecting it].
AMP
And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.
KJV
Then a mighty angel picked up a boulder the size of a large millstone and threw it into the sea, and said: "With such violence the great city of Babylon will be thrown down, never to be found again."
NIV
Then a single powerful angel took up a boulder like a great millstone and flung it into the sea, crying, With such violence shall Babylon the great city be hurled down to destruction and shall never again be found. [Jer. 51:63, 64; Ezek. 26:21.]AMP
And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
KJV
I never sat in the company of revelers, never made merry with them; I sat alone because your hand was on me and you had filled me with indignation.
NIV
I sat not in the assembly of those who make merry, nor did I rejoice; I sat alone because Your [powerful] hand was upon me, for You had filled me with indignation.
AMP
I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
KJV
There was once a small city with only a few people in it. And a powerful king came against it, surrounded it and built huge siege works against it.
NIV
There was a little city with few men in it. And a great king came against it and besieged it and built great bulwarks against it.
AMP
There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it:
KJV
"And many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to seek the LORD Almighty and to entreat him."
NIV
Yes, many people and strong nations shall come to Jerusalem to seek, inquire of, and require [to fill their own urgent need] the Lord of hosts and to pray to the Lord for His favor.
AMP
Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD.
KJV
For some say, "His letters are weighty and forceful, but in person he is unimpressive and his speaking amounts to nothing."
NIV
For they say, His letters are weighty and impressive and forceful and telling, but his personality and bodily presence are weak, and his speech and delivery are utterly contemptible (of no account).
AMP
For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
KJV