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Amos 5:24

World English Bible

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

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Amos 5:24 in other translations

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

Amos 5:24 · American Standard Version

Amos 5:24 in context

  1. 22Yes, 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.
  2. 23Take away from me the noise of your songs!
    I will not listen to the music of your harps.
  3. 24But let justice roll on like rivers,
    and righteousness like a mighty stream.
  4. 25“Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel?
  5. 26You also carried the tent of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.