Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word

Amos 5:24

But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

KJV

Et revelabitur quasi aqua judicium, et justitia quasi torrens fortis.

Vulgate

καὶ κυλισθήσεται ὡς ὕδωρ κρίμα, καὶ δικαιοσύνη ὡς χειμάρρους ἄβατος.

LXX

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

ASV

וְ/יִגַּ֥ל כַּ/מַּ֖יִם מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּ/צְדָקָ֖ה כְּ/נַ֥חַל אֵיתָֽן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵיתָֽן
'ytn
adjective · 13×
גֹּ֣ל
gl
verb · 18×
י
y
noun · 422×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
נַ֣חַל
nchl
noun · 140×
צְדָקָ֖ה
tsdqh
noun · 157×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§1435Conversion is accomplished in daily life by gestures of reconciliation, concern for the poor, the exercise and defense of justice and right,33 by the admission of faults to one's brethren, fraternal correction, revision of life, examination of conscience, spiritual direction, acceptance of suffering, endurance of persecution for the sake of righteousness. Taking up one's cross …
§2100Outward sacrifice, to be genuine, must be the expression of spiritual sacrifice: "The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit...."17 The prophets of the Old Covenant often denounced sacrifices that were not from the heart or not coupled with love of neighbor.18 Jesus recalls the words of the prophet Hosea: "I desire mercy, and not sacrifice."19 The only perfect sacrifice…

Cross-references

  • Acts 24:25 — And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
  • Amos 5:7 — Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
  • Amos 5:14 — 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.
  • Amos 5:15 — Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
  • Hos 6:6 — For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
  • Hos 12:6 — Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
  • Isa 48:18 — O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:
  • Jer 22:3 — Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, ne
  • Job 29:12 — Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
  • Mark 12:32 — And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
  • Mic 6:8 — He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
  • Mic 6:8 — He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
  • Prov 21:3 — To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
  • Zech 7:9 — Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother:
  • Zech 8:16 — These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates: