Amos 5:14-15,24
Amos 5:14-15 The Message (MSG)
Seek good and not evil— and live! You talk about GOD, the God-of-the-Angel-Armies, being your best friend. Well, live like it, and maybe it will happen. Hate evil and love good, then work it out in the public square. Maybe GOD, the God-of-the-Angel-Armies, will notice your remnant and be gracious.
Amos 5:21-24 The Message (MSG)
“I can’t stand your religious meetings. I’m fed up with your conferences and conventions. I want nothing to do with your religion projects, your pretentious slogans and goals. I’m sick of your fund-raising schemes, your public relations and image making. I’ve had all I can take of your noisy ego-music. When was the last time you sang to me? Do you know what I want? I want justice—oceans of it. I want fairness—rivers of it. That’s what I want. That’s all I want.
Amos 5:14-15 King James Version (KJV)
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. 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.
Amos 5:24 King James Version (KJV)
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
Amos 5:14-15 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Seek good and not evil, that you may live; And thus may the LORD God of hosts be with you, Just as you have said! Hate evil, love good, And establish justice in the gate! Perhaps the LORD God of hosts May be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
Amos 5:24 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
But let justice roll down like waters And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
Amos 5:14-15 New Century Version (NCV)
Try to do good, not evil, so that you will live, and the LORD God All-Powerful will be with you just as you say he is. Hate evil and love good; be fair in the courts. Maybe the LORD God All-Powerful will be kind to the people of Joseph who are left alive.
Amos 5:24 New Century Version (NCV)
But let justice flow like a river, and let goodness flow like a never-ending stream.
Amos 5:14-15 American Standard Version (ASV)
Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be with you, as ye say. Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
Amos 5:24 American Standard Version (ASV)
But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
Amos 5:14-15 New International Version (NIV)
Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the LORD God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is. Hate evil, love good; maintain justice in the courts. Perhaps the LORD God Almighty will have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.
Amos 5:24 New International Version (NIV)
But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!
Amos 5:14-15 New King James Version (NKJV)
Seek good and not evil, That you may live; So the LORD God of hosts will be with you, As you have spoken. Hate evil, love good; Establish justice in the gate. It may be that the LORD God of hosts Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
Amos 5:24 New King James Version (NKJV)
But let justice run down like water, And righteousness like a mighty stream.
Amos 5:14-15 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Seek (long for, require) good and not evil, that you may live; And so may the LORD God of hosts be with you, Just as you have said! Hate evil and love good, And establish justice in the [court of the city] gate. Perhaps the LORD God of hosts Will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph [that is, those who remain after God’s judgment].
Amos 5:24 Amplified Bible (AMP)
But let justice run down like waters And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream [flowing abundantly].
Amos 5:14-15 New Living Translation (NLT)
Do what is good and run from evil so that you may live! Then the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies will be your helper, just as you have claimed. Hate evil and love what is good; turn your courts into true halls of justice. Perhaps even yet the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies will have mercy on the remnant of his people.
Amos 5:24 New Living Translation (NLT)
Instead, I want to see a mighty flood of justice, an endless river of righteous living.
Amos 5:14-15 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the LORD, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you have said. Hate evil, and love good, and establish justice in the gate; it may be that the LORD, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.