Amos 5:24

In 11 translations

BSB

But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

KJV

But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.run: Heb. roll

WEB

But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.

ASV

But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

LSV

And judgment rolls on as waters, || And righteousness as a perennial stream.

YLT

And roll on as waters doth judgment, And righteousness as a perennial stream.

DBY

but let judgment roll down as waters, and righteousness as an ever-flowing stream.

DRC

But judgment shall be revealed as water, and justice as a mighty torrent.

GNV

And let iudgement runne downe as waters, and righteousnesse as a mightie riuer.

JPS

But let justice well up as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

LXXE

But let judgment roll down as water, and righteousness as an impassable torrent.

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WLC

וְיִגַּ֥ל כַּמַּ֖יִם מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּצְדָקָ֖ה כְּנַ֥חַל אֵיתָֽן׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ κυλισθήσεται ὡς ὕδωρ κρίμα, καὶ δικαιοσύνη ὡς χειμάῤῥους ἄβατος.

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• Micah 6:8He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
• Jeremiah 22:3This is what the LORD says: Administer justice and righteousness. Rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor. Do no wrong or violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Do not shed…
• Proverbs 21:3To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
• Hosea 6:6For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
• Mark 12:32–34“Right, Teacher,” the scribe replied. “You have stated correctly that God is One and there is no other but Him, and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to…
• Amos 5:14–15Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed. Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be…
• Job 29:12–17because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper. The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow’s heart sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my…
• Amos 5:7There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.

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