24But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.


In Context

21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.

22 Though ye offer me burnt-offerings and your meat-offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fat beasts.

23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

25 Have ye offered to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

26 But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.

Amos 5:24 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:24But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:24But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:24But judgment shall be revealed as water, and justice as a mighty torrent.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:24But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:24but let judgment roll down as waters, and righteousness as an ever-flowing stream.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:24But let judgment roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:24But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:24And roll on as waters doth judgment, And righteousness as a perennial stream.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:24But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.