Amos 5:24
King James Version (KJV)
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
In context
22 Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
25 Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
26 But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.
Amos 5:24 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
- WEB World English Bible
- But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
- ASV American Standard Version
- But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And roll on as waters doth judgment, And righteousness as a perennial stream.
- DBY Darby Translation
- but let judgment roll down as waters, and righteousness as an ever-flowing stream.
- WBS Webster Bible
- But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.