KJV King James Version
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:
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Amos 6:12
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:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—
WEB World English Bible
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;
ASV American Standard Version
Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? that ye have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Do horses run on a rock? Doth one plough it with oxen? For ye have turned to gall judgment, And the fruit of righteousness to wormwood.
Surrounding context — Amos 6
9 And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die.
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.
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הַיְרֻצ֤וּןH7323 · rutsto run: runבַּסֶּ֙לַע֙H5553 · se.larockסוּסִ֔יםH5483 · susswallowאִֽם־H518 · imifיַחֲר֖וֹשׁH2790 · cha.rashto plow/plotבַּבְּקָרִ֑יםH1241 · ba.qarcattleכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforהֲפַכְתֶּ֤םH2015 · ha.phakhto overturnלְרֹאשׁ֙H7219 · roshpoisonמִשְׁפָּ֔טH4941 · mish.patjustice: judgementוּפְרִ֥יH6529 · pe.rifruitצְדָקָ֖הH6666 · tse.da.qahrighteousnessלְלַעֲנָֽה׃H3939 · la.a.nahwormwood
Cross-references
Amos 5:7Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,Hosea 10:4They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.Amos 5:11-12Forasmuch therefore as your treading [is] upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.Isaiah 59:13-14In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.1 Kings 21:7-13And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, [and] eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.Isaiah 48:4Because I knew that thou [art] obstinate, and thy neck [is] an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;Psalm 94:20-21Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?Hosea 10:13Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.Jeremiah 6:29-30The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.Habakkuk 1:3-4Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause [me] to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence [are] before me: and there are [that] raise up strife and contention.Zechariah 7:11-12But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.Micah 7:3That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge [asketh] for a reward; and the great [man], he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.Jeremiah 5:3O LORD, [are] not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, [but] they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.Acts 7:51-52Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers [did], so [do] ye.
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