Parallel Verses
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."
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 hath the LORD said: For three transgressions of Edom and for the fourth, I will not convert her because she pursued her brother with the sword and cast off all mercy, and with her anger she stole from him perpetually, and she kept her wrath for ever:
12
And it will consume the citadels of Bozrah.”
Cross References
Jeremiah 49:7
Concerning Edom, thus hath the LORD of the hosts said: Is there no more wisdom in Teman? Has the counsel of the wise perished? Is their wisdom corrupted?
Jeremiah 49:20
Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD that he has taken against Edom; and his thoughts, that he has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out; surely he shall destroy their habitations with them.
Obadiah 1:9-10
And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed because every man shall be cut off from mount of Esau by the slaughter.
Genesis 36:11
And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.
Genesis 36:33
And Bela died, and Jobab, the son of Zerah of Bozrah, reigned in his stead.
Isaiah 34:6
The sword of the LORD is filled with blood; it is made fat with fatness and with the blood of lambs and goats with the fat of the kidneys of rams, for the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.
Jeremiah 49:13
For I have sworn by myself, said the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all its cities shall be perpetual wastes.
Jeremiah 49:22
Behold, he shall rise up and fly as the eagle and spread his wings over Bozrah; and at that day the heart of the mighty men of Edom shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.