NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon Shall horsescuwc (soos) from an unused root meaning to skip (properly, for joy); a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight) -- crane, horse(-back, -hoof). run ruwts (roots) to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush) -- break down, divide speedily, footman, guard, bring hastily, (make) run (away, through), post. upon the rock cela` (seh'-lah) a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress) -- (ragged) rock, stone(-ny), strong hold. will one plow charash (khaw-rash') to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material) there with oxen baqar (baw-kawr') beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd -- beeve, bull (+ -ock), + calf, + cow, great (cattle), + heifer, herd, kine, ox. for ye have turned haphak (haw-fak') to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert judgment mishpat (mish-pawt') a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective into gall ro'sh (roshe) a poisonous plant, probably the poppy (from its conspicuous head); generally poison (even of serpents) -- gall, hemlock, poison, venom. and the fruit priy (per-ee') fruit -- bough, (first-) fruit(-ful), reward. of righteousness tsdaqah (tsed-aw-kaw') rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity) -- justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness). into hemlock la`anah (lah-an-aw') wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed) -- hemlock, wormwood. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible Do horses run on rocks? Or does one plow them with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into poison And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood, King James Bible 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: Holman Christian Standard Bible Do horses gallop on the cliffs; does anyone plow there with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood-- International Standard Version "Horses don't run over bare rock, do they? One doesn't plow rock with oxen, does he? But you have turned justice to gall, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness. NET Bible Can horses run on rocky cliffs? Can one plow the sea with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into a poisonous plant, and the fruit of righteous actions into a bitter plant. GOD'S WORD® Translation Do horses run on rocks? Does a farmer plow the sea with oxen? Yet, you have turned justice into something deadly and what is righteous into poison. King James 2000 Bible Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for you have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock: Links Amos 6:12Amos 6:12 NIV Amos 6:12 NLT Amos 6:12 ESV Amos 6:12 NASB Amos 6:12 KJV |
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