7You who turn justice into bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground


In Context

4 This is what the Lord says to the house of Israel: "Seek me and live;

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. "

6 Seek the Lord and live, or he will sweep through the house of Joseph like a fire; it will devour, and Bethel will have no one to quench it.

7 You who turn justice into bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground

8 (he who made the Pleiades and Orion, who turns blackness into dawn and darkens day into night, who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out over the face of the land- the Lord is his name-

9 he flashes destruction on the stronghold and brings the fortified city to ruin),

Amos 5:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:7Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:7You that turn judgment into wormwood, and forsake justice in the land,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:7Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:7Ye who are turning to wormwood judgment, And righteousness to the earth have put down,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:7Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:7Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:7Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness on the earth,

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:7You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth:

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:7You who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,