Amos 5:7
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
KJV
qui convertitis in absinthium judicium, et justitiam in terra relinquitis) :
Vulgate
ὁ ποιῶν εἰς ὕψος κρίμα, καὶ δικαιοσύνην εἰς γῆν ἔθηκεν·
LXX
Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
ASV
הַ/הֹפְכִ֥ים לְ/לַעֲנָ֖ה מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּ/צְדָקָ֖ה לָ/אָ֥רֶץ הִנִּֽיחוּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
הָפַ֣ךְ
hpk
verb · 94×
הוּ
hv
verb · 73×
י
y
noun · 422×
לַעֲנָֽה
l'nh
noun · 8×
צְדָקָ֖ה
tsdqh
noun · 157×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Amos 5:11 — Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, bu
- Amos 5:24 — But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
- Amos 6:12 — Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
- Amos 6:12 — Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
- Deut 29:18 — Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a
- Ezek 3:20 — Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his si
- Hos 10:4 — They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
- Hos 10:4 — They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
- Isa 5:20 — Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
- Isa 59:14 — And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.
- John 8:15 — Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.
- Prov 17:15 — He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
- Rev 8:11 — And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
- Zeph 1:6 — And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.