Amos 8:12
10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.
13 In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst.
14 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beer-sheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- People will stagger from sea to sea and roam from north to east, seeking the word of the LORD, but they will not find it.
- KJV
- And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.
- WEB
- They will wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they will run back and forth to seek the LORD’s word, and will not find it.
- ASV
- And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east; they shall run to and fro to seek the word of Jehovah, and shall not find it.
- DARBY
- And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north to the east; they shall run to and fro to seek the word of Jehovah, and shall not find it.
- BLB
- And they will wander from sea to sea, and they will roam about from the north to the east, seeking the word of YHWH, and they will not find [it].
- ÅB
- Da skal de vanke om fra hav til hav og fra nord til øst; de skal flakke omkring og søke etter Herrens ord, men de skal ikke finne det.
- OTB
- Folk vil vandre fra hav til hav
og reise fra nord til øst,
søke Herrens ord,
men de vil ikke finne det. - B1930
- Da skal de vanke om fra hav til hav og fra nord til øst; de skal flakke omkring og søke efter Herrens ord, men de skal ikke finne det.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 11:7–10
What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded
Read in context2 Timothy 3:6–7
For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
Read in contextProverbs 14:6
A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.
Read in contextMatthew 12:30
He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
Read in contextDaniel 12:4
But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
Read in contextMatthew 24:23–26
Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
Read in contextRomans 9:31–33
But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
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