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Amos 8:12

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8:12People39 will stagger from sea to sea,40

and from the north around to the east.

They will wander about looking for a revelation from41 the Lord,

but they will not find any.42

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Footnotes

  1. 39 Heb “they”; the referent (people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 40 That is, from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the Dead Sea in the east—that is, across the whole land.
  3. 41 Heb “looking for the word of.”
  4. 42 It is not clear whether the speaker in this verse is the Lord or the prophet.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

They shall wander from sea to sea,

and from north to east;

they shall run to and fro, to seek the word of the Lord,

but they shall not find it.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

People will stagger from sea to sea

and wander from north to east,

searching for the word of the Lord,

but they will not find it.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

People will stagger from sea to sea

and roam from north to east

seeking the word of the Lord,

but they will not find it.

NLTNew Living Translation

People will stagger from sea to sea

and wander from border to border

searching for the word of the Lord,

but they will not find it.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And they will wander from sea to sea and from the north and to the east. They will roam about to seek the word of Yahweh, but they will not find it!

KJV 1900King James Version

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.