But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
And roll on as waters doth judgment, And righteousness as a perennial stream.
but let judgment roll down as waters, and righteousness as an ever-flowing stream.
Amos — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
1. Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel. 1. Audite verbum hoc quod ego tollo super vos, lamentum domus Israel. Some render the verse thus, "Hear ye this word, because upon you, or for you, I raise a lamentation:" but…