Amos 5:4,24
Amos 5:4-5 The Message (MSG)
GOD’s Message to the family of Israel: “Seek me and live. Don’t fool around at those shrines of Bethel, Don’t waste time taking trips to Gilgal, and don’t bother going down to Beer-sheba. Gilgal is here today and gone tomorrow and Bethel is all show, no substance.”
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 5:4 King James Version (KJV)
For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live
Amos 5:24 King James Version (KJV)
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
Amos 5:4 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel, “Seek Me that you may live.
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 5:4 New Century Version (NCV)
This is what the LORD says to the nation of Israel: “Come to me and live.
Amos 5:24 New Century Version (NCV)
But let justice flow like a river, and let goodness flow like a never-ending stream.
Amos 5:4 American Standard Version (ASV)
For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live
Amos 5:24 American Standard Version (ASV)
But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
Amos 5:4 New International Version (NIV)
This is what the LORD says to Israel: “Seek me and live
Amos 5:24 New International Version (NIV)
But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!
Amos 5:4 New King James Version (NKJV)
For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live
Amos 5:24 New King James Version (NKJV)
But let justice run down like water, And righteousness like a mighty stream.
Amos 5:4 Amplified Bible (AMP)
For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel, “Seek Me [search diligently for Me and regard Me as more essential than food] so that you may live. [2 Chr 15:2; Jer 29:13]
Amos 5:24 Amplified Bible (AMP)
“But let justice run down like waters And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream [flowing abundantly].
Amos 5:4 New Living Translation (NLT)
Now this is what the LORD says to the family of Israel: “Come back to me and live!
Amos 5:24 New Living Translation (NLT)
Instead, I want to see a mighty flood of justice, an endless river of righteous living.
Amos 5:4 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel: “Seek me and live
