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Amos 6:12

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12Do horses run on rocks?

Does one plow there1 with oxen?

uBut you have turned justice into vpoison

uand the fruit of righteousness into wormwood2—

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or the sea
  2. 2Or into bitter fruit

Cross references

  1. u[ch. 5:7]
  2. vDeut. 29:18

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Do horses run on the rocky crags?

Does one plow the sea with oxen?

But you have turned justice into poison

and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness—

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Do horses gallop on the cliffs?

Does anyone plow there with oxen?

Yet you have turned justice into poison

and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—

NLTNew Living Translation

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Do horses run on rocks, or does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood!

KJV 1900King 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: