Amos 6:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:”
Amos 6:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Amos 6:12 in 6 Bible Translations
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Amos 6:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness,”
Amos 6:12 — World English Bible
Amos 6:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plowtherewith oxen? that ye have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood; ”
Amos 6:12 — American Standard Version
Amos 6:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Do horses run on a rock? Doth one plough <FI>it<Fi> with oxen? For ye have turned to gall judgment, And the fruit of righteousness to wormwood.”
Amos 6:12 — Young's Literal Translation
Amos 6:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Shall horses run upon the rock? will [men] plough [thereon] with oxen? For ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood, ”
Amos 6:12 — Darby Translation
Amos 6:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Shal horses runne vpon the rocke? or wil one plowe there with oxen? for yee haue turned iudgement into gall, and the fruite of righteousnes into wormewood.”
Amos 6:12 — Geneva Bible
Amos 6:12 in Context — Amos 6
10 And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the Lord.
11 For, behold, the Lord commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.
12 Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
13 Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
14 But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the Lord the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness.
What Does Amos 6:12 Mean?
Amos 6:12 is a verse from the Book of Amos, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Amos chapter 6. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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