Amos 8:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.”
Amos 8:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Amos 8:12 in 6 Bible Translations
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Amos 8:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“They will wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they will run back and forth to seek Yahweh’s word, and will not find it.”
Amos 8:12 — World English Bible
Amos 8:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they shall run to and fro to seek the word of Jehovah, and shall not find it. ”
Amos 8:12 — American Standard Version
Amos 8:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And they have wandered from sea unto sea, And from north even unto east, They go to and fro to seek the word of Jehovah, And they do not find.”
Amos 8:12 — Young's Literal Translation
Amos 8:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north to the east; they shall run to and fro to seek the word of Jehovah, and shall not find it. ”
Amos 8:12 — Darby Translation
Amos 8:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the North euen vnto the East shall they run to and from to seeke the worde of the Lord, and shall not finde it.”
Amos 8:12 — Geneva Bible
Amos 8:12 in Context — Amos 8
10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord:
12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.
13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beer–sheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
What Does Amos 8:12 Mean?
Amos 8:12 is a verse from the Book of Amos, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Amos chapter 8. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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