Amos 8:12

Amos chapter 8 · verse 12 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

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.

Context

v.11Behold, the days come, saith the Lord Jehovah, 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 Jehovah.

v.12This passage

v.13In that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Romans 11:7
What then? That which Israel seeketh for, that he obtained not; but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened:
Proverbs 14:6
A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; But knowledge is easy unto him that hath understanding.
2 Timothy 3:6
For of these are they that creep into houses, and take captive silly women laden with sins, led away by divers lusts,
Romans 9:31
but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law.
Matthew 24:23
Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is the Christ, or, Here; believe it not.
Matthew 12:30
He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.