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BSB  ⇔ “Do horses gallop on the cliffs?
⇔ Does one plow the sea [fn] with oxen?
 ⇔ But you have turned justice into poison
⇔ and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—

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OEB  ⇔ Do horses gallop on crags?
 ⇔ Does one plough the sea with oxen?
 ⇔ Yet you turn justice into poison weed,
 ⇔ and the fruit of righteousness into bitter wormwood.

WEB Do horses run on the rocky crags?
⇔ Does one plow there with oxen?
 ⇔ But you have turned justice into poison,
⇔ and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness,

NET 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.

LSV Do horses run on a rock? Does one plow [it] with oxen? For you have turned judgment to gall,
And the fruit of righteousness to wormwood.

FBV Can horses gallop over rocks? Can oxen plow the sea? But you have turned justice into poison, and the fruit of doing good into bitterness!

T4T  ⇔ Horses certainly do not [RHQ] run on big rocks,
⇔ and certainly people do not [RHQ] plow the sea with oxen.
 ⇔ But you have done things that no one should do:
 ⇔ You have distorted what is fair/right and caused it to be considered like poison [MET];
⇔ you have changed what is right and consider it to be like things that are bitter.

LEB Do horses run on rocks, or does one plow the sea with oxen?[fn] But you have turned justice into poison andthe fruit of righteousness into wormwood!

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BBE Is it possible for horses to go running on the rock? may the sea be ploughed with oxen? for the right to be turned by you into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into a bitter plant?

MOF No MOF AMOS book available

JPS Do horses run upon the rocks? Doth one plow there with oxen? that ye have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood;

ASV 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;

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

YLT Do horses run on a rock? Doth one plough [it] with oxen? For ye have turned to gall judgment, And the fruit of righteousness to wormwood.

DBY Shall horses run upon the rock? will [men] plough [thereon] with oxen? For ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,

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

WBS 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:

KJB ¶ 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:
  (¶ Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye/you_all have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock: )

BB Shal horses run vpo the rocke? or wil one plowe there with oxen? for ye haue turned iudgement into gall, & the fruite of righteousnesse into wormewood.
  (Shal horses run upo the rocke? or will one plowe there with oxen? for ye/you_all have turned judgement into gall, and the fruit of righteousnesse into wormewood.)

GNV Shal horses runne vpon the rocke? or wil one plowe there with oxen? for yee haue turned iudgement into gall, and the fruite of righteousnes into wormewood.
  (Shal horses runne upon the rocke? or will one plowe there with oxen? for ye/you_all have turned judgement into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormewood. )

CB Who can runne with horses, or plowe wt oxen vpon the harde rockes off stone? For why, ye haue turned true iudgment in to bytternesse, and the frute of rightuousnesse in to wormwod:
  (Who can runne with horses, or plowe with oxen upon the harde rockes off stone? For why, ye/you_all have turned true judgement in to bitternessse, and the fruit of rightuousnesse in to wormwod:)

WYC For lo! the Lord schal comaunde, and schal smyte the grettere hous with fallyngis, and the lesse hous with brekyngis.
  (For lo! the Lord shall comaunde, and shall smite the greatere house with fallyngis, and the lesse house with brekyngis.)

LUT Wer kann mit Rossen rennen oder mit Ochsen pflügen auf Felsen? Denn ihr wandelt das Recht in Galle und die Frucht der Gerechtigkeit in Wermut
  (Who kann with Rossen rennen or with Ochsen pflügen on Felsen? Because her wandelt the Recht in Galle and the Frucht the Gerechtigkeit in Wermut)

CLV Quia ecce Dominus mandabit, et percutiet domum majorem ruinis, et domum minorem scissionibus.
  (Quia ecce Master mandabit, and percutiet home mayorem ruinis, and home minorem scissionibus. )

BRN Will horses run upon rocks? will they refrain from neighing at mares? for ye have turned judgment into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness:

BrLXX Εἰ διώξονται ἐν πέτραις ἵπποι; εἰ παρασιωπήσονται ἐν θηλείαις; ὅτι ἐξεστρέψατε εἰς θυμὸν κρίμα, καὶ καρπὸν δικαιοσύνης εἰς πικρίαν,
  (Ei diōxontai en petrais hippoi? ei parasiōpaʸsontai en thaʸleiais? hoti exestrepsate eis thumon krima, kai karpon dikaiosunaʸs eis pikrian, )