Amos 6:13 you who rejoice in the conquest of Lo Debar and say, "Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?"

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
you who rejoice in the conquest of Lo Debar and say, "Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?"

English Standard Version
you who rejoice in Lo-debar, who say, “Have we not by our own strength captured Karnaim for ourselves?”

New American Standard Bible
You who rejoice in Lodebar, And say, "Have we not by our own strength taken Karnaim for ourselves?"

King James Bible
Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
you who rejoice over Lo-debar and say, "Didn't we capture Karnaim for ourselves by our own strength?"

International Standard Version
You rejoice in nothing worth mentioning— that is, you keep on saying, 'We captured Karnaim by our own strength of will and by our own effort, didn't we?'

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
You that rejoice in a thing of nought: you that say: Have we not taken unto us horns by our own strength?

Darby Bible Translation
ye that rejoice in a thing of nought, that say, have We not taken to us power by our own strength?

Young's Literal Translation
O ye who are rejoicing at nothing, Who are saying, 'Have we not by our strength taken to ourselves horns?'

Cross References

Luke 12:19
And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

Luke 12:20
But God said to him, You fool, this night your soul shall be required of you: then whose shall those things be, which you have provided?

Job 8:14
Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.

Job 8:15
He shall lean on his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.

Psalm 2:2
The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,

Psalm 75:4
I said to the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

Psalm 75:5
Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.

Isaiah 28:14
Why hear the word of the LORD, you scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 28:15
Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing whip shall pass through, it shall not come to us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:

Zechariah 1:19
And I said to the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

6:8-14 How dreadful, how miserable, is the case of those whose eternal ruin the Lord himself has sworn; for he can execute his purpose, and none can alter it! Those hearts are wretchedly hardened that will not be brought to mention God's name, and to worship him, when the hand of God is gone out against them, when sickness and death are in their families. Those that will not be tilled as fields, shall be abandoned as rocks. When our services of God are soured with sin, his providences will justly be made bitter to us. Men should take warning not to harden their hearts, for those who walk in pride, God will destroy.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

13. rejoice in a thing of naught—that is, in your vain and fleeting riches.

Have we not taken to us horns—that is, acquired power, so as to conquer our neighbors (2Ki 14:25). Horns are the Hebrew symbol of power, being the instrument of strength in many animals (Ps 75:10).