Amos 8:12 — compare English translations
Compare translationsAmos 8:12 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וְנָעוּ֙
nûwaʻ
H5128
to shake
מִיָּ֣ם
yâm
H3220
sea
עַד
ʻad
H5704
until
יָ֔ם
yâm
H3220
sea
וּמִצָּפ֖וֹן
tsâphôwn
H6828
north
וְעַד
ʻad
H5704
until
מִזְרָ֑ח
mizrâch
H4217
east
יְשֽׁוֹטְט֛וּ
shûwṭ
H7751
to go about
לְבַקֵּ֥שׁ
bâqash
H1245
to seek
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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דְּבַר
dâbâr
H1697
word
יְהוָ֖ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
וְלֹ֥א
lôʼ
H3808
not
יִמְצָֽאוּ
mâtsâʼ
H4672
to find
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
They will wander from sea to sea, And from the north even to the east; They will run back and forth to seek the word of Yahweh, And will not find it.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
They will stagger from sea to sea; they will run from the north to the east to seek the word of Yahweh, but they will not find it.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).