Amos 5:14
World English Bible (WEB)
Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the LORD, the God of Armies, will be with you, as you say.
In context
12 For I know how many are your offenses, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn away the needy in the courts.
13 Therefore a prudent person keeps silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.
14 Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the LORD, the God of Armies, will be with you, as you say.
15 Hate evil, love good, and establish justice in the courts. It may be that the LORD, the God of Armies, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”
16 Therefore the LORD, the God of Armies, the Lord, says: “Wailing will be in all the wide ways. They will say in all the streets, ‘Alas! Alas!’ They will call the farmer to mourning, and those who are skillful in lamentation to wailing.
Amos 5:14 in every translation
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.