Amos 5:14
King James Version (KJV)
Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
In context
12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
14 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
16 Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.
Amos 5:14 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
- WEB World English Bible
- Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the LORD, the God of Armies, will be with you, as you say.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be with you, as ye say.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live, And it is so; Jehovah, God of Hosts, [is] with you, as ye said.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye say.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.