Amos

Amos 6:12

12“Do horses gallop on the cliffs?

Does one plow the seab with oxen?

But you have turned justice into poison

and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—

Footnotes

  • b 6:12 Literally Does one plow (there)

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Word by word

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EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Do horsesסוּסִ֔יםsū·sîmNoun - masculine pluralH5483 swallow or swift
gallopהַיְרֻצ֤וּןhay·ru·ṣūnVerb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; Paragogic nunH7323 run
on the cliffsבַּסֶּ֙לַע֙bas·se·la‘Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singularH5553 crag, cliff
Does one plowיַחֲר֖וֹשׁya·ḥă·rō·wōšVerb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularH2790 cut in, engrave, plough, devise
with oxenבַּבְּקָרִ֑יםbab·bə·qā·rîmPreposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine pluralH1241 cattle, herd, ox
Butכִּֽי־kî-ConjunctionH3588 burning, branding
you have turnedהֲפַכְתֶּ֤םhă·p̄aḵ·temVerb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine pluralH2015 turn, overturn
justiceמִשְׁפָּ֔טmiš·pāṭNoun - masculine singularH4941 judgment
into poisonלְרֹאשׁ֙lə·rōšPreposition-l; Noun - masculine singularH7219 head
and the fruitוּפְרִ֥יū·p̄ə·rîConjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular constructH6529 fruit
of righteousnessצְדָקָ֖הṣə·ḏā·qāhNoun - feminine singularH6666 righteousness
into wormwoodלְלַעֲנָֽה׃lə·la·‘ă·nāhPreposition-l; Noun - feminine singularH3939 wormwood

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Amos 5:7 · Hosea 10:4 · Amos 5:11–12 · Isaiah 59:13–14 · 1 Kings 21:7–13 · Isaiah 48:4 · Psalm 94:20–21

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.