Amos 5:23–24
23 Take away from Me the noise of your songs,
For I will not hear the melody of your stringed instruments.
24 fBut let justice run down like water,
And righteousness like a mighty stream.
Amos 5:23–24 — The New International Version (NIV)
23 Away with the noise of your songs!
I will not listen to the music of your harps.
24 But let justice roll on like a river,
righteousness like a never-failing stream!
Amos 5:23–24 — English Standard Version (ESV)
23 Take away from me the noise of your songs;
to the melody of your harps I will not listen.
24 But let justice roll down like waters,
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
Amos 5:23–24 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
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.
Amos 5:23–24 — New Living Translation (NLT)
23 Away with your noisy hymns of praise!
I will not listen to the music of your harps.
24 Instead, I want to see a mighty flood of justice,
an endless river of righteous living.
Amos 5:23–24 — New Century Version (NCV)
23 Take the noise of your songs away from me!
I won’t listen to the music of your harps.
24 But let justice flow like a river,
and let goodness flow like a never-ending stream.
Amos 5:23–24 — American Standard Version (ASV)
23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. 24 But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
Amos 5:23–24 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
23 Take away from me the noise of thy songs, and I will not hear the melody of thy lutes; 24 but let judgment roll down as waters, and righteousness as an ever-flowing stream.
Amos 5:23–24 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
23 Spare me the sound of your songs.
I won’t listen to the music of your harps.
24 But let justice flow like a river
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
Amos 5:23–24 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
23 Take away from Me the noise of your songs!
I will not listen to the music of your harps.
24 But let justice flow like water,
and righteousness, like an unfailing stream.
Amos 5:23–24 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
23 Take away from me the noise of your songs;
I will not listen to the melody of your harps.
24 But let justice roll down like waters,
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
Amos 5:23–24 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
23 Remove from me the noise of your songs, and I do not want to hear the melody of your harps! 24 But let justice roll on like the water, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
Amos 5:23–24 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
23 Take the noise of your songs away!
I will not listen to the music of your harps.
24 I want you to treat others fairly.
So let fair treatment roll on
just as a river does!
Always do what is right.
Let right living flow along
like a stream that never runs dry!
Amos 5:23–24 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
23 “Take away from Me the noise of your songs;
I will not even listen to the sound of your harps.
24 “But let justice roll down like waters
And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.