Amos 6:12
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"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:"
Word-by-Word Analysis
סוּס
çûwç
a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)
רוּץ
rûwts
to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush)
צוּר
tsûwr
properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
חָרַשׁ
chârash
to 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 ...
בָּקָר
bâqâr
beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
הָפַךְ
hâphak
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
מִשְׁפָּט
mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind...
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
a poisonous plant, probably the poppy (from its conspicuous head); generally poison (even of serpents)
פְּרִי
pᵉrîy
fruit (literally or figuratively)
צְדָקָה
tsᵉdâqâh
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh
a poisonous plant, probably the poppy (from its conspicuous head); generally poison (even of serpents)
Key Terms in This Verse
רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
a poisonous plant, probably the poppy (from its conspicuous head); generally poison (even of serpents)
Study H7219 →חָרַשׁ chârash
to 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 sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be sil...
Study H2790 →רֹאשׁ rôʼsh
a poisonous plant, probably the poppy (from its conspicuous head); generally poison (even of serpents)
Study H7219 →בָּקָר bâqâr
beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
Study H1241 →צוּר tsûwr
properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
Study H6697 →הָפַךְ hâphak
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
Study H2015 →מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the pla...
Study H4941 →Cross References
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;
That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.
O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder t...
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