Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"But let justice roll on like many waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing river.
New American Standard Bible
And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
King James Version
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
Holman Bible
and righteousness, like an unfailing stream.
A Conservative Version
But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
American Standard Version
But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
Amplified
“But let justice run down like waters
And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream [flowing abundantly].
Bible in Basic English
But let the right go rolling on like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
Darby Translation
but let judgment roll down as waters, and righteousness as an ever-flowing stream.
Julia Smith Translation
Judgment shall roll as the waters, and justice as a torrent of strength.
King James 2000
But let justice run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But let justice roll on like the water, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
Modern King James verseion
But let judgment roll down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
but see that equity flow as the water, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
NET Bible
Justice must flow like torrents of water, righteous actions like a stream that never dries up.
New Heart English Bible
But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.
The Emphasized Bible
But let, justice, roll along like water, - and, righteousness, as a torrent over flowing.
Webster
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
World English Bible
But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.
Youngs Literal Translation
And roll on as waters doth judgment, And righteousness as a perennial stream.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Amos 5:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Day Of Yahweh
23 Spare me your noisy singing I will not listen to your musical instruments. 24 "But let justice roll on like many waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing river. 25 "Was it to me that you brought offerings and gifts in the desert for 40 years, house of Israel?
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Cross References
Micah 6:8
He has made it clear to you, mortal man, what is good and what the LORD is requiring from you to act with justice, to treasure the LORD's gracious love, and to walk humbly in the company of your God.
Proverbs 21:3
To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Amos 5:7
Those of you who are making justice taste bitter, and who have thrown righteousness to the ground:
Job 29:12-17
because I delivered the poor who were crying for help, along with orphans who had no one to help them.
Jeremiah 22:3
This is what the LORD says: "Uphold justice and righteousness. Deliver from their oppressor those who have been robbed. Don't mistreat or do violence to the alien, the orphan, or the widow, or shed the blood of innocent people in this place.
Hosea 6:6
For it is love that I seek, and not sacrifice; knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Amos 5:14-15
"Pursue good and not evil, so that you may live, and this is what will happen: The LORD God of the Heavenly Armies will be with you, as you have been claiming.
Mark 12:32-34
Then the scribe told him, "Well said, Teacher! You have told the truth that "God is one, and there is no other besides him.'