Amos 2:12–13
Amos 2:12–13 — English Standard Version (ESV)
12 “But you made the Nazirites drink wine,
and commanded the prophets,
saying, ‘You shall not prophesy.’
13 “Behold, I will press you down in your place,
as a cart full of sheaves presses down.
Amos 2:12–13 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
12 But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink;
And commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
13 Behold, I am pressed under you,
As a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.
Amos 2:12–13 — New Living Translation (NLT)
12 “But you caused the Nazirites to sin by making them drink wine,
and you commanded the prophets, ‘Shut up!’
13 “So I will make you groan
like a wagon loaded down with sheaves of grain.
Amos 2:12–13 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
12 “But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink,
And commanded the prophets saying,
‘Do not prophesy!’
13 “Behold, I am weighed down by you,
As a cart full of sheaves is weighed down.
Amos 2:12–13 — New Century Version (NCV)
12 “But you made the Nazirites drink wine
and told the prophets not to prophesy.
13 Now I will make you get stuck,
as a wagon loaded with grain gets stuck.
Amos 2:12–13 — American Standard Version (ASV)
12 But ye gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.
13 Behold, I will press you in your place, as a cart presseth that is full of sheaves.
Amos 2:12–13 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
12 And ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not. 13 Behold, I will press upon you, as a cart presseth that is full of sheaves.
Amos 2:12–13 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
12 You made the Nazirites drink wine.
You commanded the prophets to stop prophesying.
13 I am going to crush you as an overloaded wagon crushes a person.
Amos 2:12–13 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
12 But you made the Nazirites drink wine
and commanded the prophets,
“Do not prophesy.”
13 Look, I am about to crush you in your place
as a wagon full of sheaves crushes grain.
Amos 2:12–13 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
12 But you made the nazirites drink wine,
and commanded the prophets,
saying, “You shall not prophesy.”
13 So, I will press you down in your place,
just as a cart presses down
when it is full of sheaves.
Amos 2:12–13 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
12 But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets, saying, ‘You shall not prophesy.’ 13 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.
Amos 2:12–13 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
12 “But you made the Nazirites drink wine.
You commanded the prophets not to prophesy.
13 “A cart that is loaded with grain
crushes anything it runs over.
In the same way, I will crush you.
Amos 2:12–13 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
12 “But you made the Nazirites drink wine,
And you commanded the prophets saying, ‘You shall not prophesy!’
13 “Behold, I am weighted down beneath you
As a wagon is weighted down when filled with sheaves.