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Amos 5:6–7
Amos 5:6–7 — The New International Version (NIV)
6 Seek the Lord and live,
or he will sweep through the tribes of Joseph like a fire;
it will devour them,
and Bethel will have no one to quench it.
7 There are those who turn justice into bitterness
and cast righteousness to the ground.
Amos 5:6–7 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
6 Seek the Lord, and ye shall live; Lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, And devour it, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el. 7 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, And leave off righteousness in the earth,
Amos 5:6–7 — New Living Translation (NLT)
6 Come back to the Lord and live!
Otherwise, he will roar through Israel like a fire,
devouring you completely.
Your gods in Bethel
won’t be able to quench the flames.
7 You twist justice, making it a bitter pill for the oppressed.
You treat the righteous like dirt.
Amos 5:6–7 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
6 Seek the Lord and live,
Lest He break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
And devour it,
With no one to quench it in Bethel—
7 You who turn justice to wormwood,
And lay righteousness to rest in the earth!”
Amos 5:6–7 — New Century Version (NCV)
6 Come to the Lord and live,
or he will move like fire against the descendants of Joseph.
The fire will burn Bethel,
and there will be no one to put it out.
7 You turn justice upside down,
and you throw on the ground what is right.
Amos 5:6–7 — American Standard Version (ASV)
6 Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be none to quench it in Beth-el. 7 Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
Amos 5:6–7 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
6 Seek Jehovah, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel. 7 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
Amos 5:6–7 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
6 Search for the Lord and live!
If you don’t, he will spread like a fire through the house of Joseph
and burn it down.
Bethel will have no one to put it out.
7 You, Israel, turn justice into poison
and throw righteousness on the ground.
Amos 5:6–7 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
6 Seek Yahweh and live,
or He will spread like fire
throughout the house of Joseph;
it will consume everything,
with no one at Bethel to extinguish it.
7 Those who turn justice into wormwood
throw righteousness to the ground.
Amos 5:6–7 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
6 Seek the Lord and live,
or he will break out against the house of Joseph like fire,
and it will devour Bethel, with no one to quench it.
7 Ah, you that turn justice to wormwood,
and bring righteousness to the ground!
Amos 5:6–7 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
6 Seek Yahweh so that you may live, so that he will not break out like a fire against the house of Joseph! And it will devour, with none to quench it for Bethel. 7 Ah, you who turn justice into wormwood and hurl righteousness to the ground!
Amos 5:6–7 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
6 Israel, look to the Lord and live.
If you don’t, he will sweep through
the people of Joseph like a fire.
It will burn everything up.
And Bethel won’t have anyone to put it out.
7 You turn what is fair into something bitter.
What is right you throw down to the ground.
Amos 5:6–7 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
6 “Seek the Lord that you may live,
Or He will break forth like a fire, O house of Joseph,
And it will consume with none to quench it for Bethel,
7 For those who turn justice into wormwood
And cast righteousness down to the earth.”
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