12They will wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they will run back and forth to seek the word of Yahweh, and will not find it.


In Context

9 It will happen in that day,| says the Lord Yahweh, |that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.

10 I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will make you wear sackcloth on all your bodies, and baldness on every head. I will make it like the mourning for an only son, and its end like a bitter day.

11 Behold, the days come,| says the Lord Yahweh, |that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of Yahweh.

12 They will wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they will run back and forth to seek the word of Yahweh, and will not find it.

13 In that day the beautiful virgins and the young men will faint for thirst.

14 Those who swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, 'As your god, Dan, lives;' and, 'As the way of Beersheba lives;' they will fall, and never rise up again.|

Amos 8:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:12And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find [it. ]

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:12Men will stagger from sea to sea and wander from north to east, searching for the word of the Lord , but they will not find it.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:12And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they shall run to and fro to seek the word of Jehovah, and shall not find it.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:12And they shall move from sea to sea, and from the north to the east: they shall go about seeking the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:12And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north to the east; they shall run to and fro to seek the word of Jehovah, and shall not find it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:12And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:12And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:12And they have wandered from sea unto sea, And from north even unto east, They go to and fro to seek the word of Jehovah, And they do not find.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:12And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.