12But ye gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.


In Context

9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

10 Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

11 And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazirites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith Jehovah.

12 But ye gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

13 Behold, I will press you in your place, as a cart presseth that is full of sheaves.

14 And flight shall perish from the swift; and the strong shall not strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;

Amos 2:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:12But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:12"But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:12And you will present wine to the Nazarites: and command the prophets, saying: Prophesy not.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:12And ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:12But ye gave the Nazirites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:12But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:12|But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, 'Don't prophesy!'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:12And ye cause the Nazarites to drink wine, And on the prophets ye have laid a charge, Saying, 'Do not prophecy!'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:12But you gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not.