King James Version
Amos 6:12 in the King James Version says “Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of r...” — study this verse from Amos chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:”
Amos 6:12 · KJV
And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD. we: or, they will not, or, have not
For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts. breaches: or, droppings
Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness. river: or, valley
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used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“will one plow”
H2790to scratch, i.e., (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad
“there with oxen”
H1241a beeve or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“for ye have turned”
H2015to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
“into gall”
H7219a poisonous plant, probably the poppy (from its conspicuous head); generally poison (even of serpents)
“judgment”
H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
“of righteousness”
H6666rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
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