Amos 6:13

¹¹ For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

¹² 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?

¹⁴ 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.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: you who rejoice in Lo-debar and say, ‘Did we not take Karnaim by our own strength?’
KJV: Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
WEB: you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, ‘Haven’t we taken for ourselves horns by our own strength?’
ASV: ye that rejoice in a thing of nought, that say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?
DARBY: ye that rejoice in a thing of nought, that say, Have we not taken to us power by our own strength?
BLB: [being] glad in Lo-debar, saying, ‘Is [it] not by our own strength [that] we have taken for ourselves Karnaim?’

ÅB: Dere som gleder dere over det som intet er, og som sier: Er det ikke ved vår egen styrke vi har vunnet oss velde?
OTB: dere som gleder dere i Lo Debar
og sier, "Er det ikke vi som tok Karnaim med vår egen styrke?"
B1930: I som gleder eder over det som intet er, og som sier: Er det ikke ved vår egen styrke vi har vunnet oss velde?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

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, and be merry.
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Isaiah 28:14–15
Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
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James 4:16
But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
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2 Kings 14:25
He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath-hepher.
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Job 31:29
If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:
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1 Samuel 4:5
And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.
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2 Kings 14:12–14
And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents.
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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.
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