14Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.


In Context

11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate [from their right. ]

13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.

14 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.

15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

16 Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing.

Amos 5:14 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:14Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:14Seek ye good, and not evil, that you may live: and the Lord the God of hosts will be with you, as you have said.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:14Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be with you, as ye say.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:14Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye say.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:14Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye say.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:14Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:14Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be with you, as you say.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:14Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live, And it is so; Jehovah, God of Hosts, is with you, as ye said.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:14Seek good, and not evil, that you may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as you have spoken.