12Amaziah also said to Amos, |You seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:


In Context

9 The high places of Isaac will be desolate, the sanctuaries of Israel will be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.|

10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, |Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words.

11 For Amos says, 'Jeroboam will die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.'|

12 Amaziah also said to Amos, |You seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:

13 but don't prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house!|

14 Then Amos answered Amaziah, |I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was a herdsman, and a farmer of sycamore figs;

Amos 7:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:12Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:12Then Amaziah said to Amos, "Get out, you seer! Go back to the land of Judah. Earn your bread there and do your prophesying there.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:12And Amasias said to Amos: Thou seer, go, flee away into the land of Juda: and eat bread there, and prophesy there.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:12Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thou away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:12And Amaziah said unto Amos, Thou seer, go, flee away into the land of Judah, and eat bread there, and prophesy there.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:12Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:12Also Amaziah said to Amos, O thou seer, go flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:12And Amaziah saith unto Amos, 'Seer, go flee for thee unto the land of Judah, and eat there bread, and there thou dost prophesy;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:12Also Amaziah said to Amos, O you seer, go, flee you away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: