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


In Context

11 You trample on the poor and force him to give you grain. Therefore, though you have built stone mansions, you will not live in them; though you have planted lush vineyards, you will not drink their wine.

12 For I know how many are your offenses and how great your sins. You oppress the righteous and take bribes and you deprive the poor of justice in the courts.

13 Therefore the prudent man keeps quiet in such times, for the times are evil.

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

15 Hate evil, love good; maintain justice in the courts. Perhaps the Lord God Almighty will have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.

16 Therefore this is what the Lord, the Lord God Almighty, says: "There will be wailing in all the streets and cries of anguish in every public square. The farmers will be summoned to weep and the mourners to wail.

Amos 5:14 in Other Translations

The King James 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 have spoken.

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.