Amos 6:1 (NIV)

Amos 6:12 - Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow the sea[fn] with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness—

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Translations for Amos 6:12

KJVKJV (read chapter in 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:

NKJVNKJV (read chapter in NKJV)

Do horses run on rocks?
Does one plow there with oxen?
Yet you have turned justice into gall,
And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,

NLTNLT (read chapter in NLT)

Can horses gallop over boulders?
Can oxen be used to plow them?
But that’s how foolish you are when you turn justice into poison
and the sweet fruit of righteousness into bitterness.

NIVNIV (read chapter in NIV)

Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow the sea[fn] with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness—

ESVESV (read chapter in ESV)

Do horses run on rocks?
Does one plow there[fn] with oxen?
But you have turned justice into poison
and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood[fn]—

CSBCSB (read chapter in CSB)

Do horses gallop on the cliffs?

Does anyone plow there with oxen?[fn]

Yet you have turned justice into poison

and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood —

NASB20NASB20 (read chapter in NASB20)

Do horses^H5483 run^H7323 on rocks^H5553?

Or^H518 does one [fn]plow^H2790 them with oxen^H1241?

Yet^H3588 you have turned^H2015 justice^H4941 into poison^H7219,

And the fruit^H6529 of righteousness^H6666 into [fn]wormwood^H3939,

NASB95NASB95 (read chapter in NASB95)

Do horses run on rocks?
Or does one plow [fn]them with oxen?
Yet you have turned justice into poison
And the fruit of righteousness into [fn]wormwood,

LSBLSB (read chapter in LSB)

Do horses^H5483 run^H7323 on rocks^H5553?

Or^H518 does one plow^H2790 [fn]them with oxen^H1241?

Yet^H3588 you have overturned^H2015 justice^H4941 into gall^H7219

And the fruit^H6529 of righteousness^H6666 into [fn]wormwood^H3939,

AMPAMP (read chapter in AMP)

Do horses run on rocks?

Do men plow rocks with oxen? [Of course not!]

Yet you have turned justice into poison

And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood (bitterness),

NETNET (read chapter in NET)

Can horses run on rocky cliffs? Can one plow the sea with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into a poisonous plant, and the fruit of righteous actions into a bitter plant.

RSVRSV (read chapter in RSV)

Do horses run upon rocks? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood--

ASVASV (read chapter in ASV)

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;

YLTYLT (read chapter in YLT)

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.

DBYDBY (read chapter in DBY)

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,

WEBWEB (read chapter in WEB)

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:

HNVHNV (read chapter in HNV)

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;

VULVUL (read chapter in VUL)

[Vulgate 6:13] numquid currere queunt in petris equi aut arari potest in bubalis quoniam convertistis in amaritudinem iudicium et fructum iustitiae in absinthium

NAVNAV (read chapter in NAV)

أَتَجْرِي الْخُيُولُ عَلَى الصُّخُورِ؟ وَهَلْ يُحْرَثُ الْبَحْرُ بِثِيرَانٍ؟ لَقَدْ حَوَّلْتُمُ الْحَقَّ سُمّاً زُعَافاً، وَثِمَارَ الْبِرِّ مَرَارَةً.

WLCWLC (read chapter in WLC)

הַיְרֻצ֤וּן בַּסֶּ֨לַע֙ סוּסִ֔ים אִֽם־יַחֲר֖וֹשׁ בַּבְּקָרִ֑ים כִּֽי־הֲפַכְתֶּ֤ם לְרֹאשׁ֙ מִשְׁפָּ֔ט וּפְרִ֥י צְדָקָ֖ה לְלַעֲנָֽה׃

LXXLXX (read chapter in LXX)

εἰ διώξονται ἐν πέτραις ἵπποι εἰ παρασιωπήσονται ἐν θηλείαις ὅτι ὑμεῖς ἐξεστρέψατε εἰς θυμὸν κρίμα καὶ καρπὸν δικαιοσύνης εἰς πικρίαν

SVDSVD (read chapter in SVD)

هَلْ تَرْكُضُ الْخَيْلُ عَلَى الصَّخْرِ؟ أَوْ يُحْرَثُ عَلَيْهِ بِالْبَقَرِ؟ حَتَّى حَوَّلْتُمُ الْحَقَّ سَمًّا، وَثَمَرَ الْبِرِّ أَفْسَنْتِينًا.

BESBES (read chapter in BES)

Will horses run upon rocks? will they refrain from neighing at mares? for ye have turned judgment into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness:

RVR09RVR09 (read chapter in RVR09)

¿Correrán los caballos por las peñas? ¿ararán en ellas con vacas? ¿por qué habéis vosotros tornado el juicio en veneno, y el fruto de justicia en ajenjo?

RVR60RVR60 (read chapter in RVR60)

¿Correrán los caballos por las peñas? ¿Ararán en ellas con bueyes? ¿Por qué habéis vosotros convertido el juicio en veneno, y el fruto de justicia en ajenjo?

BBEBBE (read chapter in BBE)

Is it possible for horses to go running on the rock? may the sea be ploughed with oxen? for the right to be turned by you into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into a bitter plant?

CHTCHT (read chapter in CHT)

馬豈能在崖石上奔跑．人豈能在那裡用牛耕種呢。你們卻使公平變為苦膽、使公義的果子變為茵蔯。

EMEM (read chapter in EM)

¿Acaso corren los caballos por las peñas? ¿Se arará con bueyes en el mar? Pero vosotros habéis convertido el derecho en veneno y el fruto de la justicia en ajenjo.

KORKOR (read chapter in KOR)

말들이 어찌 바위 위에서 달리겠으며 소가 어찌 거기 밭 갈겠느냐 그런데 너희는 공법을 쓸개로 변하며 정의의 열매를 인진으로 변하여

LSLS (read chapter in LS)

Est-ce que les chevaux courent sur un rocher, Est-ce qu'on y laboure avec des boeufs, Pour que vous ayez changé la droiture en poison, Et le fruit de la justice en absinthe?

LUTLUT (read chapter in LUT)

Wer kann mit Rossen rennen oder mit Ochsen pflügen auf Felsen? Denn ihr wandelt das Recht in Galle und die Frucht der Gerechtigkeit in Wermut

RSTRST (read chapter in RST)

Бегают ли кони по скале? можно ли распахивать ее волами? Вы между тем суд превращаете в яд и плод правды в горечь;

SESE (read chapter in SE)

¿Correrán los caballos por las piedras? ¿Ararán en ellas con vacas? ¿Por qué habéis vosotros tornado el juicio en veneno, y el fruto de justicia en ajenjo?

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NIV Footnotes

(6:12)

With a different word division of the Hebrew; Masoretic Text plow there

For more information on this translation, see the NIV Preface.

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