From my knowledge that thou wert hard, and thy neck an iron sinew, and thy forehead of brass:
Amos 6:12 - Julia E. Smith Translation 1876 Shall horses run upon the rock? will he plough with oxen? for ye turned judgment to poison and the fruit of justice to wormwood. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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 For behold the Lord hath commanded, and he will strike the greater house with breaches, and the lesser house with clefts. |
From my knowledge that thou wert hard, and thy neck an iron sinew, and thy forehead of brass:
O Jehovah, are not thine eyes upon faithfulness? thou didst smite them, and they were not pained; thou didst consume them, they refused to take instruction: they made their faces firm above the rock; they refused to turn back.
Ye ploughed injustice, ye reaped iniquity; ye ate the fruit of falsehood: for thou didst trust in thy way in the multitude of thy strong ones.
They spake words swearing falsehood, cutting out a covenant: and judgment broke forth as the head upon the furrows of the field
And I cut off the judge from the midst of her, and I will slay all her chiefs with him, said Jehovah.
And they knew not to do the straight, says Jehovah, storing up violence and oppression in their palaces.
For doing evil with the hands to do well, the chief asking, and the judge, for peace; and the great one, he spake the mischief of his soul: and they will entangle it