Amos 8:12
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Berean Study Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
And they have wandered from sea unto sea, And from north even unto east, They go to and fro to seek the word of Jehovah, And they do not find.

King James Bible
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].

Hebrew
People will stagger
וְנָעוּ֙ (wə·nā·‘ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 5128: To quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter

from sea
מִיָּ֣ם (mî·yām)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin

to
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

sea
יָ֔ם (yām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin

and roam
יְשֽׁוֹטְט֛וּ (yə·šō·wṭ·ṭū)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7751: To push forth, to lash, to row, to travel

from north
וּמִצָּפ֖וֹן (ū·miṣ·ṣā·p̄ō·wn)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6828: Hidden, dark, the north as a, quarter

to
וְעַד־ (wə·‘aḏ-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

east,
מִזְרָ֑ח (miz·rāḥ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4217: Place of sunrise, the east

seeking
לְבַקֵּ֥שׁ (lə·ḇaq·qêš)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1245: To search out, to strive after

the word
דְּבַר־ (də·ḇar-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

of the LORD,
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

but they will not
וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

find it.
יִמְצָֽאוּ׃ (yim·ṣā·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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