Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Those of you who are making justice taste bitter, and who have thrown righteousness to the ground:
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
Holman Bible
throw righteousness to the ground.
A Conservative Version
Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
American Standard Version
Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
Amplified
“For those [shall be consumed] who turn justice into wormwood (bitterness)
And cast righteousness down to the earth.”
Bible in Basic English
You who make the work of judging a bitter thing, crushing down righteousness to the earth;
Darby Translation
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
Julia Smith Translation
Turning judgment to wormwood and they put down justice in the earth.
King James 2000
You who turn justice to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
Lexham Expanded Bible
[Ah,] you who turn justice into wormwood and hurl righteousness to the ground!
Modern King James verseion
You who turn judgment to wormwood and leave off righteousness in the earth,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Ye turn the law to wormwood, and cast down righteousness into the ground.
NET Bible
The Israelites turn justice into bitterness; they throw what is fair and right to the ground.
New Heart English Bible
You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth:
The Emphasized Bible
Ye who turn, into, wormwood, justice, and, righteousness - to the ground have let fall.
Webster
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness on the earth,
World English Bible
You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth:
Youngs Literal Translation
Ye who are turning to wormwood judgment, And righteousness to the earth have put down,
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Amos 5:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Lament And Call To Repentance
6 "Seek the LORD and live! Otherwise, he may break out like a fire in the house of Joseph and devour Bethel, and there will be no one to extinguish it. 7 Those of you who are making justice taste bitter, and who have thrown righteousness to the ground: 8 Seek the one who fashions the Pleiades and Orion, who turns the deep darkness into morning, who darkens day into night, who calls out to the waters of the sea, pouring them out onto the surface of the earth the LORD is his name.
Cross References
Amos 6:12
"Horses don't run over bare rock, do they? One doesn't plow rock with oxen, does he? But you have turned justice to gall, and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness.
Deuteronomy 29:18
Be alert so there is no man, woman, family, or a tribe whose heart is turning away from the LORD your God to go and serve the gods of those nations. Be alert so there will be no root among you that produces poisonous and bitter fruit,
Psalm 36:3
The words from his mouth are vain and deceptive. He has abandoned behaving wisely and doing good.
Psalm 125:5
But for those who choose their own devious paths, the LORD will lead them away, along with those who practice evil. Peace be upon Israel. A Song of Ascents
Isaiah 1:23
Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves. All of them are lovers of bribes and are runners after gifts. They don't bring justice to orphans, and the widow's case never comes up for review in their court."
Isaiah 5:7
For the vineyard of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the garden in which he delights. He looked for justice, but saw only bloodshed; he searched for righteousness, but heard only an outcry!
Isaiah 10:1
"How terrible it will be for the one who enacts unjust decrees, for those who write oppressive laws that they have prescribed
Isaiah 59:13-14
they've rebelled in treachery against the LORD, and are turning away from following our God; and they've spoken oppression and revolt, and are conceiving lying words from the heart.
Ezekiel 3:20
"When a righteous man abandons his righteousness to practice unrighteousness, I'll set a stumbling block before him. He'll die. If you don't warn him, he'll die in his sin and the righteous deeds that he had practiced won't be remembered, but you'll be held responsible for his death.
Ezekiel 18:24
But when the righteous person abandons his righteous deeds and commits evil, detestable practices, as wicked people do, he won't live, will he? None of the righteous acts that he had done will be remembered. He'll die in his treacherous unfaithfulness and sins that he had committed."
Ezekiel 33:12-13
"And now, Son of Man, say this to your people: "The righteousness of the righteous won't save them when they keep on committing crimes against me, the wickedness of the wicked won't keep them from remaining away when they're turning from their wickedness, and no righteous person will keep on living by their righteousness when they sin.'
Ezekiel 33:18
When a righteous man forsakes his own righteousness and commits evil acts, he will die because of those acts,
Hosea 10:4
Their word is falsely given as they make their agreements; so judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.
Amos 5:11-12
"Therefore, since you trample the poor continuously, taxing his grain, building houses of stone in which you won't live and planting fine vineyards from which you won't drink
Habakkuk 1:12-14
"Haven't you existed forever, LORD my God, my Holy One? We won't die! LORD, you've prepared them for judgment; Rock, you've sentenced them to correction.
Zephaniah 1:6
those who turn away from the LORD, don't seek the LORD, and never ask for his help."