Amos 6:13
What does Amos 6:13 mean?
A plain-English look at Amos 6:13 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000ye that rejoice in a thing of nought, that say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901ye that rejoice in a thing of nought, that say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949You whose joy is in a thing of no value, who say, Have we not taken for ourselves horns by the strength which is ours?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862O ye who are rejoicing at nothing, Who are saying, `Have we not by our strength taken to ourselves horns?'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Can horses run upon the rocks, or can any one plough with buffles? for you have turned judgment into bitterness, and the fruit of justice into wormwood.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890— ye that rejoice in a thing of nought, that say, Have we not taken to us power by our own strength?
Context
v.12Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plowtherewith oxen? that ye have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood;
v.13This passage
v.14For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah, the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entrance of Hamath unto the brook of the Arabah.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 8:15
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.
- Judges 9:27
And they went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards, and trodthe grapes, and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
- Daniel 4:30
The king spake and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling-place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?
- 2 Kings 14:12
And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to his tent.
- 2 Kings 14:25
He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath unto the sea of the Arabah, according to the word of Jehovah, the God of Israel, which he spake by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath-hepher.
- Judges 16:23
And the lords of the Philistines gathered them together to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
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