Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
ye that rejoice in a thing of nought, that say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
Holman Bible
and say, “Didn’t we capture Karnaim
for ourselves by our own strength?”
International Standard Version
You rejoice in nothing worth mentioning that is, you keep on saying, "We captured Karnaim by our own strength of will and by our own effort, didn't we?'
A Conservative Version
ye who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
Amplified
You who [self-confidently] rejoice in
Who say, “Have we not by our own strength taken
Bible in Basic English
You whose joy is in a thing of no value, who say, Have we not taken for ourselves horns by the strength which is ours?
Darby Translation
ye that rejoice in a thing of nought, that say, have We not taken to us power by our own strength?
Julia Smith Translation
Rejoicing to no word, saying, Did we not take horns by our strength?
King James 2000
You rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, Have we not taken to us authority by our own strength?
Lexham Expanded Bible
[You] who rejoice over Lo-Debar, who say, "Have we not taken Karnaim for ourselves by our strength?"
Modern King James verseion
you who rejoice in nothing, who say, Have we not taken horns to ourselves by our own strength?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Yea, even ye that rejoice in vain things: ye that say, 'Have not we obtained horns in our own strength?'
NET Bible
You are happy because you conquered Lo-Debar. You say, "Did we not conquer Karnaim by our own power?"
New Heart English Bible
you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, 'Haven't we taken for ourselves horns by our own strength?'
The Emphasized Bible
Who rejoice in a thing of nought, - who say, Have we not by our own strength, taken to ourselves horns?
Webster
Ye who rejoice in a thing of naught, who say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
World English Bible
you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, 'Haven't we taken for ourselves horns by our own strength?'
Youngs Literal Translation
O ye who are rejoicing at nothing, Who are saying, 'Have we not by our strength taken to ourselves horns?'
Themes
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Amos 6:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Abhors Israel's Pride
12 Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? that ye have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood; 13 ye that rejoice in a thing of nought, that say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength? 14 For, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah, the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entrance of Hamath unto the brook of the Arabah.
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 28:14-15
Wherefore hear the word of Jehovah, ye scoffers, that rule this people that is in Jerusalem:
Luke 12:19-20
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.
Exodus 32:18-19
And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome; but the noise of them that sing do I hear.
Judges 9:19-20
if ye then have dealt truly and uprightly with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you:
Judges 9:27
And they went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards, and trod the grapes , and held festival, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.
Judges 16:23-25
And the lords of the Philistines gathered them together to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.
1 Samuel 4:5
And when the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.
2 Kings 13:25
And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash smite him, and recovered the cities of Israel.
2 Kings 14:12-14
And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to his tent.
2 Kings 14:25
He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath unto the sea of the Arabah, according to the word of Jehovah, the God of Israel, which he spake by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath-hepher.
2 Chronicles 28:6-8
For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah a hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all of them valiant men; because they had forsaken Jehovah, the God of their fathers.
Job 8:15
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.
Job 31:25
If I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, And because my hand had gotten much;
Job 31:29
If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him;
Ecclesiastes 11:9
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Isaiah 7:1
And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
Isaiah 7:4
and say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither let thy heart be faint, because of these two tails of smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin and Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.
Isaiah 8:6
Forasmuch as this people have refused the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son;
Isaiah 17:3-4
And the fortress shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria; they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith Jehovah of hosts.
Jeremiah 9:23
Thus saith Jehovah, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches;
Jeremiah 50:11
Because ye are glad, because ye rejoice, O ye that plunder my heritage, because ye are wanton as a heifer that treadeth out the grain , and neigh as strong horses;
Daniel 4:30
The king spake and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling-place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?
Jonah 4:6
And Jehovah God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his evil case. So Jonah was exceeding glad because of the gourd.
Habakkuk 1:15-16
He taketh up all of them with the angle, he catcheth them in his net, and gathereth them in his drag: therefore he rejoiceth and is glad.
Zephaniah 3:11
In that day shalt thou not be put to shame for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me; for then I will take away out of the midst of thee thy proudly exulting ones, and thou shalt no more be haughty in my holy mountain.
John 16:20
Verily, verily, I say unto you, that ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
James 4:16
But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.
Revelation 11:10
And they that dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and make merry; and they shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwell on the earth.