Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Therefore will I send a fire into Teman, - which shall devour the 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."
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."
Youngs Literal Translation
And I have sent a fire against Teman, And it hath consumed 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, saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of Edom, and because of four, will I not turn it back, - Because he pursued, with the sword, his brother, and stifled his compassions, and his anger tare in pieces evermore, and, his indignation, kept watch perpetually, 12 Therefore will I send a fire into Teman, - which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. 13 Thus, saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of the sons of Ammon, and because of four, will I not turn it back, - Because of their ripping up the pregnant women of Gilead, that they might enlarge their own boundary,
Cross References
Jeremiah 49:7
Of Edom - Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Hath counsel perished from the discerning? Is their wisdom corrupt?
Jeremiah 49:20
Wherefore, hear ye The counsel of Yahweh which he hath counseled against Edom, And his devices which he hath devised against the inhabitants of Teman, - Surely the little ones of the flock shall drag them away, Surely he will cause their fold to be astounded over them.
Obadiah 1:9-10
So shall thy mighty men, O Teman, be dismayed, - to the intent that every man, may be cut off, out of Mount Esau, by slaughter.
Genesis 36:11
Then came the sons of Eliphaz to be, - Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
Genesis 36:33
Then died Bela, - and there reigned in his stead, Jobab son of Zerah, from Bozrah.
Isaiah 34:6
A sword, hath Yahweh - Glutted with blood Sated with fat, - With the blood of well-fed lambs and he-goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams, - For, a sacrifice, hath Yahweh in Bozrah, Yea a great slaughter in the land of Edom;
Jeremiah 49:13
or by myself, have I sworn, Declareth Yahweh, That, Bozrah shall become, an astonishment: a reproach and a desolation, and a contempt, - And all her cities shall become age-abiding desolations.
Jeremiah 49:22
Lo! as an eagle, he shall mount and dart, and spread his wings over Bozrah, - So shall the heart of the heroes of Edom, in that day, become as the heart of a woman in her pain.