World English Bible
"you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, 'Haven't we taken for ourselves horns by our own strength?'"
— Amos 6:13, World English Bible
“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 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?”
"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.'
"For, behold, Yahweh commands, and the great house will be smashed to pieces, and the little house into bits.
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;
you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, 'Haven't we taken for ourselves horns by our own strength?'
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."