Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And I have sent a fire against Teman, And it hath consumed palaces of Bozrah.
New American Standard Bible
And it will consume the citadels of Bozrah.”
King James Version
But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
Holman Bible
and it will consume the citadels of Bozrah.
International Standard Version
So I will send down fire upon Teman, and it will devour the fortified citadels of Bozrah."
A Conservative Version
But I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
American Standard Version
but I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
Amplified
“So I will send a fire [of war, conquest, and destruction] upon Teman,
And it shall consume the citadels of Bozrah [in Edom].”
Bible in Basic English
And I will send a fire on Teman, burning up the great houses of Bozrah.
Darby Translation
And I will send a fire upon Teman, and it shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
Julia Smith Translation
And I sent a fire upon Teman and it devoured the palaces of Bozrah.
King James 2000
But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So I will send a fire against Teman and it will devour the citadel fortresses of Bozrah."
Modern King James verseion
But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Therefore will I send a fire into Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.'
NET Bible
So I will set Teman on fire; fire will consume Bozrah's fortresses."
New Heart English Bible
but I will send a fire on Teman, and it will devour the palaces of Bozrah."
The Emphasized Bible
Therefore will I send a fire into Teman, - which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
Webster
But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.
World English Bible
but I will send a fire on Teman, and it will devour the palaces of Bozrah."
Themes
Bozrah » A city » A city of edom » Prophecies concerning
Edomites, the » Cities of » Bozra
Palace » Figurative » Of a government
Teman » Also called temani and temanites » Prophecies concerning
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Amos 1:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Edom Will Be Judged For Its Crimes
11 Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Edom, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of his pursuing with a sword his brother, And he hath destroyed his mercies, And tear perpetually doth his anger, And his wrath -- he hath kept it for ever, 12 And I have sent a fire against Teman, And it hath consumed palaces of Bozrah. 13 Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of the sons of Ammon, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of their ripping up the pregnant ones of Gilead, To enlarge their border,
Cross References
Jeremiah 49:7
Concerning Edom: 'Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Is wisdom no more in Teman? Perished hath counsel from the intelligent? Vanished hath their wisdom?
Jeremiah 49:20
Therefore, hear ye the counsel of Jehovah, That He hath counselled concerning Edom, And His devices that He hath devised Concerning the inhabitants of Teman: Drag them out do not little ones of the flock, Make desolate over them doth he not their habitation?
Obadiah 1:9-10
And broken down have been thy mighty ones, O Teman, So that every one of the mount of Esau is cut off.
Genesis 36:11
And the sons of Eliphaz are Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz;
Genesis 36:33
and Bela dieth, and reign in his stead doth Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah;
Isaiah 34:6
A sword is to Jehovah -- it hath been full of blood, It hath been made fat with fatness, With blood of lambs and he-goats. With fat of kidneys of rams, For a sacrifice is to Jehovah in Bozrah, And a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
Jeremiah 49:13
For, by Myself, I have sworn, An affirmation of Jehovah, That for a desolation, for a reproach, For a waste, and for a reviling -- is Bozrah, And all her cities are for wastes age-during.
Jeremiah 49:22
Lo, as an eagle he cometh up, and flieth, And he spreadeth his wings over Bozrah, And the heart of the mighty of Edom hath been in that day, As the heart of a distressed woman!'