Amos 2:12–13
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12–13“But you made the youth-in-training break training,
and you told the young prophets, ‘Don’t prophesy!’
You’re too much for me.
I’m hard-pressed—to the breaking point.
I’m like a wagon piled high and overloaded,
creaking and groaning.
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
In other versions
ESVEnglish Standard Version
“But you made the Nazirites drink wine,
and commanded the prophets,
saying, ‘You shall not prophesy.’
“Behold, I will press you down in your place,
as a cart full of sheaves presses down.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
“But you made the Nazirites drink wine
and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
“Now then, I will crush you
as a cart crushes when loaded with grain.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
But you made the Nazirites drink wine
and commanded the prophets,
“Do not prophesy.”
Look, I am about to crush you in your place
as a wagon crushes when full of grain.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
“But you caused the Nazirites to sin by making them drink wine,
and you commanded the prophets, ‘Shut up!’
“So I will make you groan
like a wagon loaded down with sheaves of grain.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
LEBThe Lexham English Bible
But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets, saying, ‘You shall not prophesy.’ Look! I am going to press you down in your place just as a utility cart full of mature stalks of grain is pressed down.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink;
And commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
Behold, I am pressed under you,
As a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.
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