Amos 6:12 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹² Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? that ye have turned judgement into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² 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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Do horses run upon rocks? Do men plow the ocean with oxen? But you have turned justice into [the poison of] gall and the fruit of righteousness into [the bitterness of] wormwood–

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? that ye have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood;

Common English Bible

¹² Do horses run on rocks? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness—

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² For behold, the Lord has commanded, and he will strike the greater house with catastrophes, and the lesser house with divisions.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² For behold the Lord hath commanded, and he will strike the greater house with breaches, and the lesser house with clefts.

Amos 6:12 Cross References

Isaiah 48:4

Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

Jeremiah 5:3

O LORD, do not thine eyes look upon truth? thou hast stricken them, but they were not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

Hosea 10:13

Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: for thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.

Hosea 10:4

They speak vain words, swearing falsely in making covenants: therefore judgement springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

Amos 2:3

and I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.

Amos 3:10

For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.

Amos 5:7

Ye who turn judgement to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth;

Micah 7:3

Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge is ready for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the mischief of his soul: thus they weave it together.

James 3:18

And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for them that make peace.