Amos 5:24
Modern Translations
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
But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

Berean Study Bible
But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

New American Standard Bible
“But let justice roll out like waters, And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

NASB 1995
"But let justice roll down like waters And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

NASB 1977
“But let justice roll down like waters And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

Amplified Bible
“But let justice run down like waters And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream [flowing abundantly].

Christian Standard Bible
But let justice flow like water, and righteousness, like an unfailing stream.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But let justice flow like water, and righteousness, like an unfailing stream."

Contemporary English Version
But let justice and fairness flow like a river that never runs dry.

Good News Translation
Instead, let justice flow like a stream, and righteousness like a river that never goes dry.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But let justice flow like a river and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

International Standard Version
"But let justice roll on like many waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing river.

NET Bible
Justice must flow like torrents of water, righteous actions like a stream that never dries up.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

New King James Version
But let justice run down like water, And righteousness like a mighty stream.

King James 2000 Bible
But let justice run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

New Heart English Bible
But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.

World English Bible
But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.

American King James Version
But let judgment run 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.

A Faithful Version
But let judgment roll down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.

Darby Bible Translation
but let judgment roll down as waters, and righteousness as an ever-flowing stream.

English Revised Version
But let judgment roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

Webster's Bible Translation
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And let iudgement runne downe as waters, and righteousnesse as a mightie riuer.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And let iudgement run downe as water, and righteousnesse as a mightie riuer.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
but se that equyte flowe as the water, and rightuousnesse as a mightie streame.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And judgment rolls on as waters, "" And righteousness as a perennial stream.

Young's Literal Translation
And roll on as waters doth judgment, And righteousness as a perennial stream.

Smith's Literal Translation
Judgment shall roll as the waters, and justice as a torrent of strength.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
But judgment shall be revealed as water, and justice as a mighty torrent.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And judgment will be revealed like water, and justice like a mighty torrent.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And judgment shall be brought forth as the waters and righteousness as a mighty torrent

Lamsa Bible
But let justice run down like waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
But let justice well up as waters, And righteousness as a mighty stream.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
But let judgment roll down as water, and righteousness as an impassable torrent.
















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