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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, )

BrTr 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:

ULT Do horses run on the rocky cliffs?
⇔ Does one plow there with oxen?
⇔ Yet you have turned justice into poison
⇔ and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness.

UST Horses certainly do not run on big rocks,
⇔ and certainly people cannot plow the rocks with oxen.
⇔ But you have distorted what is fair;
⇔ you have changed what is right, crippling and impoverishing the very ones the laws were meant to protect

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—

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.

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

WMBB (Same as above)

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 and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood!

6:12 Or “does one plow them with oxen”

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?

Moff No Moff 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.

Drby 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:

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

KJB-1611 ¶ Shall horses runne vpon the rocke? wil one plow there with oxen? for ye haue turned iudgement into gall, and the fruite of righteousnesse into hemlocke.
(¶ Shall horses run upon the rocke? will one plow there with oxen? for ye/you_all have turned judgement into gall, and the fruit of righteousnesse into hemlocke.)

Bshps 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.
(Shall 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.)

Gnva 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.
(Shall horses run 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. )

Cvdl 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 run with horses, or plowe with oxen upon the hard rocks off stone? For why, ye/you_all have turned true judgement in to bitternessse, and the fruit of rightuousnesse in to wormwod:)

Wycl 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 greater house with fallyngis, and the less house with brekyngis.)

Luth 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 oxen pflügen on Felsen? Because you/their/her wandelt the law in Galle and the Frucht the/of_the Gerechtigkeit in Wermut)

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

UTN uW Translation Notes:

General Information:

Amos uses two rhetorical questions to draw attention to the rebuke that follows.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

(Occurrence 0) Do horses run on the rocky cliffs?

(Some words not found in UHB: the,run, in/on/at/with,rocks horses if plow in/on/at/with,oxen that/for/because/then/when turned into,poison justice and,fruit righteousness into,wormwood )

It is impossible for a horse to run on rocky cliffs without getting hurt. Amos uses this rhetorical question to rebuke them for their actions. Alternate translation: “Horses do not run on rocky cliffs.”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

(Occurrence 0) Does one plow there with oxen?

(Some words not found in UHB: the,run, in/on/at/with,rocks horses if plow in/on/at/with,oxen that/for/because/then/when turned into,poison justice and,fruit righteousness into,wormwood )

One does not plow on rocky ground. Amos uses this rhetorical question to rebuke them for their actions. Alternate translation: “A person does not plow with oxen on rocky ground.”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) Yet you have turned justice into poison

(Some words not found in UHB: the,run, in/on/at/with,rocks horses if plow in/on/at/with,oxen that/for/because/then/when turned into,poison justice and,fruit righteousness into,wormwood )

Distorting what is just is spoken of as if the leaders “turned justice into poison.” Alternate translation: “Yet you distort what is just” or “But you make laws that hurt innocent people”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

(Occurrence 0) the fruit of righteousness into bitterness

(Some words not found in UHB: the,run, in/on/at/with,rocks horses if plow in/on/at/with,oxen that/for/because/then/when turned into,poison justice and,fruit righteousness into,wormwood )

This means basically the same thing as the first part of the sentence. Alternate translation: “you distort what is right”

Parallel AMOS 6:12

General Information: