13you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, 'Haven't we taken for ourselves horns by our own strength?'


In Context

10 |When a man's relative carries him, even he who burns him, to bring bodies out of the house, and asks him who is in the innermost parts of the house, 'Is there yet any with you?' And he says, 'No;' then he will say, 'Hush! Indeed we must not mention the name of Yahweh.'

11 |For, behold, Yahweh commands, and the great house will be smashed to pieces, and the little house into bits.

12 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;

13 you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, 'Haven't we taken for ourselves horns by our own strength?'

14 For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, house of Israel,| says Yahweh, the God of Armies; |and they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah.|

Amos 6:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:13Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:13You that rejoice in a thing of nought: you that say: Have we not taken unto us horns by our own strength?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:13ye that rejoice in a thing of nought, that say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:13ye that rejoice in a thing of nought, that say, have We not taken to us power by our own strength?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:13ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:13Ye who rejoice in a thing of naught, who say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:13O ye who are rejoicing at nothing, Who are saying, 'Have we not by our strength taken to ourselves horns?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:13You which rejoice in a thing of nothing, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?