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


In Context

21 I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can't stand your solemn assemblies.

22 Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals.

23 Take away from me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.

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

25 |Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel?

26 You also carried the tent of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which you made for 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 Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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