Amos 6:6
ContextNET © | They drink wine from sacrificial bowls, 1 and pour the very best oils on themselves. 2 Yet they are not concerned over 3 the ruin 4 of Joseph. |
NIV © | You drink wine by the bowlful and use the finest lotions, but you do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph. |
NASB © | Who drink wine from sacrificial bowls While they anoint themselves with the finest of oils, Yet they have not grieved over the ruin of Joseph. |
NLT © | You drink wine by the bowlful, and you perfume yourselves with exotic fragrances, caring nothing at all that your nation is going to ruin. |
MSG © | Woe to those addicted to feeling good--life without pain! those obsessed with looking good--life without wrinkles! They could not care less about their country going to ruin. |
BBE © | Drinking wine in basins, rubbing themselves with the best oils; but they have no grief for the destruction of Joseph. |
NRSV © | who drink wine from bowls, and anoint themselves with the finest oils, but are not grieved over the ruin of Joseph! |
NKJV © | Who drink wine from bowls, And anoint yourselves with the best ointments, But are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. |
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NET © | They drink wine from sacrificial bowls, 1 and pour the very best oils on themselves. 2 Yet they are not concerned over 3 the ruin 4 of Joseph. |
NET © Notes |
1 sn Perhaps some religious rite is in view, or the size of the bowls is emphasized (i.e., bowls as large as sacrificial bowls). 2 tn Heb “with the best of oils they anoint [themselves].” 3 tn Or “not sickened by.” 4 sn The ruin of Joseph may refer to the societal disintegration in Israel, or to the effects of the impending judgment. |