American King James Version
"You which rejoice in a thing of nothing, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength? "
— Amos 6:13, American King James Version
“Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?”
“ye that rejoice in a thing of nought, that say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength? ”
“you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, 'Haven't we taken for ourselves horns by our own strength?'”
“You are happy because you conquered Lo-Debar. You say,“Did we not conquer Karnaim by our own power?””
“Can horses run upon the rocks, or can any one plough with buffles? for you have turned judgment into bitterness, and the fruit of justice into wormwood.”
“You whose joy is in a thing of no value, who say, Have we not taken for ourselves horns by the strength which is ours?”
“Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?”
And a man’s uncle shall take him up, and he that burns him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say to him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with you? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold your tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD.
For, behold, the LORD commands, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts. ¶
Shall horses run on the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for you have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
You which rejoice in a thing of nothing, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, says the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath to the river of the wilderness.