Amos 6:13 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹³ you who rejoice in Lo-debar, who say, “Have we not by our own strength taken Karnaim for ourselves?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ You who rejoice in Lo-debar [a thing of nought], who say, Have we not by our own strength taken Karnaim or horns [of resistance] for ourselves?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ ye that rejoice in a thing of nought, that say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?

Common English Bible

¹³ you who rejoice in Lo-debar, who say, “Haven’t we by our own strength taken Karnaim for ourselves?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ Can horses gallop across rocks, or is anyone able to plough with gazelles? For you have turned judgment into bitterness and the fruit of justice into wormwood.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ Can horses run upon the rocks, or can any one plough with buffles? for you have turned judgment into bitterness, and the fruit of justice into wormwood.

Amos 6:13 Cross References

2 Kings 13:25

Then Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again from Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken from Jehoahaz his father in war. Three times Joash defeated him and recovered the cities of Israel.

2 Kings 14:25

He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the Lord, the God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was from Gath-hepher.

Job 31:25

if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, or because my hand had gotten much;

Job 31:29

“If I have rejoiced at the ruin of him that hated me, or exulted when evil overtook him

Job 8:14

His confidence breaks in sunder, and his trust is a spider's web.

Job 8:15

He leans against his house, but it does not stand; he lays hold of it, but it does not endure.

Psalm 2:2

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord and his anointed, saying,

Psalm 75:4

I say to the boastful, “Do not boast,” and to the wicked, “Do not lift up your horn;

Psalm 75:5

do not lift up your horn on high, or speak with insolent neck.”

Ecclesiastes 11:9

Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth; walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.

Isaiah 7:1

In the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah the king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but they could not conquer it.

Isaiah 7:4

and say to him, ‘Take heed, be quiet, do not fear, and do not let your heart be faint because of these two smoldering stumps of firebrands, at the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria and the son of Remaliah.

Isaiah 8:6

“Because this people have refused the waters of Shiloah that flow gently, and melt in fear before Rezin and the son of Remaliah;

Jeremiah 50:11

“Though you rejoice, though you exult, O plunderers of my heritage, though you are wanton as a heifer at grass, and neigh like stallions,

Jeremiah 9:23

Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, let not the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches;

Ezekiel 29:3

speak, and say, Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lies in the midst of his streams, that says, ‘My Nile is my own; I made it.’

Ezekiel 29:9

and the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste. Then they will know that I am the Lord. “Because you said, ‘The Nile is mine, and I made it,’

Daniel 4:27

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you; break off your sins by practicing righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed, that there may perhaps be a lengthening of your tranquillity.”

Daniel 4:30

and the king said, “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by my mighty power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”

Jonah 4:6

And the Lord God appointed a plant, and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to save him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the plant.

Zephaniah 3:11

“On that day you shall not be put to shame because of the deeds by which you have rebelled against me; for then I will remove from your midst your proudly exultant ones, and you shall no longer be haughty in my holy mountain.

Zechariah 1:19

And I said to the angel who talked with me, “What are these?” And he answered me, “These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”

John 16:20

Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.

James 4:16

As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.

Revelation 11:10

and those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make merry and exchange presents, because these two prophets had been a torment to those who dwell on the earth.

Judges 9:27

And they went out into the field, and gathered the grapes from their vineyards and trod them, and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and ate and drank and reviled Abimelech.

1 Samuel 4:5

When the ark of the covenant of the Lord came into the camp, all Israel gave a mighty shout, so that the earth resounded.