Amos 5:24 New International Version 24 But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream! Read full chapter Amos 5:24 in all English translations Amos 4 Amos 6 New International Version (NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. Amos 5:24 Audio Crossref Comm Hebrew Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream! New Living Translation Instead, I want to see a mighty flood of justice, an endless river of righteous living. English Standard Version
Amos 524 Bible verse
(24) Mighty stream.— Or rather perennial stream. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 5:18-27 Woe unto those that desire the day of the Lord's judgments, that wish for times of war and confusion; as some who long for changes, hoping to rise upon the ruins of their country! but this should be so great a desolation, that nobody could gain by it. Amos 5:24 KJ21 But let judgment run down like waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. ASV But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. AMP "But let justice run down like waters And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream [flowing abundantly]. AMPC VERSE Amos 5:24 "But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream." King James Version (KJV) < Previous Verse Next Verse > View Chapter Amos 5:24 Context 5 do not seek Bethel, do not go to Gilgal, do not journey to Beersheba. For Gilgal will surely go into exile, and Bethel will be reduced to nothing.[ a]" 6 Seek the Lord and live, or he will sweep through the tribes of Joseph like a fire; it will devour them, and Bethel will have no one to quench it.
Amos 524 But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a neverfailing stream! New
What Is the Context of Amos 5:24? In chapter 5 in the Book of Amos, God is speaking to Israel. He communicates several messages, and "thus says the Lord" repeats three times. After David and Solomon, there were some good kings of Israel and Judah, but there were many who turned from the precepts of the Lord. Amos 5:24 In-Context. 22 Even though you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Though you bring choice fellowship offerings, I will have no regard for them. 23 Away with the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. 24 But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never. English Revised Version But let judgment roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. King James Bible 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. Young's Literal Translation Amos 5:24 NIV. But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream! NIV: New International Version. Share. Read Amos 5. Bible App Bible App for Kids. Verse Images for Amos 5:24. Compare All Versions: Amos 5:24. Free Reading Plans and Devotionals related to Amos 5:24.
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Amos 5:24 — New International Reader's Version (1998) (NIrV) 24 I want you to treat others fairly. So let fair treatment roll on. just as a river does! Always do what is right. Let right living flow along. like a stream that never runs dry! Amos 5:24 NRSV. But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. NRSV: New Revised Standard Version. Share. Read Amos 5. Bible App Bible App for Kids. Verse Images for Amos 5:24. Compare All Versions: Amos 5:24.
Amos 5:24 Meaning of Let Justice Roll on like a River Jan 27, 2020 by Editor in Chief Amos 5:24 "But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!" Explanation and Commentary of Amos 5:24 The prophet Amos prophesied in the northern kingdom although he was from Jerusalem. What does Amos 5:24 Mean? Verse Meaning Instead of feasts and fasts, instead of offerings and sacrifices, instead of singing and playing musical instruments, the Lord said He wanted justice and righteousness (cf. Amos 5:7).Instead of a constant stream of blood flowing from sacrifices, and an endless torrent of verbal and ritual praise from His people, He wanted these ethical qualities to flow.
Amos 524 (KJV) — Today's Verse for Monday, April 19, 1999
Verse Amos 5:24. Let judgment run down — Let the execution of justice be everywhere like the showers that fall upon the land to render it fertile; and let righteousness in heart and life be like a mighty river, or the Jordan, that shall wind its course through the whole nation, and carry every abomination into the Dead Sea. Amos Accused. 10 Then Amaziah j the priest of Bethel sent to k Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, "Amos has l conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words. 11 For thus Amos has said, "'Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and m Israel must go into exile. away from his land.'"
