Amos 5:14
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14Seek 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.
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
In other versions
ESVEnglish Standard Version
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.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
Seek good, not evil,
that you may live.
Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you,
just as you say he is.
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
CSBChristian Standard Bible
Pursue good and not evil
so that you may live,
and the Lord, the God of Armies,
will be with you
as you have claimed.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
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.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Seek good and not bad in order that you may live, and so Yahweh, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you have said.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
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.
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