Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
but I will send a fire on Teman, and it will 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."
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 says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Edom, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because he pursued his brother with the sword, and cast off all pity, and his anger raged continually, and he kept his wrath forever; 12 but I will send a fire on Teman, and it will devour the palaces of Bozrah." 13 Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they have ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead, that they may enlarge their border.
Cross References
Jeremiah 49:7
Of Edom. "Thus says the LORD of hosts: 'Is wisdom no more in Teman? Is counsel perished from the prudent? Is their wisdom vanished?
Jeremiah 49:20
Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he has taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely they shall drag them away, the little ones of the flock; surely he shall make their habitation desolate over them.
Obadiah 1:9-10
Your mighty men, Teman, will be dismayed, to the end that everyone may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.
Genesis 36:11
The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
Genesis 36:33
Bela died, and Jobab, the son of Zerah of Bozrah, reigned in his place.
Isaiah 34:6
The LORD's sword is filled with blood. It is covered with fat, 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 Edom.
Jeremiah 49:13
For I have sworn by myself,' says the LORD, 'that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all its cities shall be perpetual wastes.'"
Jeremiah 49:22
Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread out his wings against Bozrah: and the heart of the mighty men of Edom at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs."