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


In Context

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

10 And I brought you up from 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 Nazarites. Is it not even thus, ye children of Israel? saith Jehovah.

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

13 Behold, I will press upon you, 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 his soul.

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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:12But ye gave the Nazirites 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.