Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
WEB
But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
YLT
And roll on as waters doth judgment, And righteousness as a perennial stream.
DBT
but let judgment roll down as waters, and righteousness as an ever-flowing stream.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentAmos — A herdsman of Tekoa sent north to Bethel — a shepherd-prophet preaching judgment on a prosperous, comfortable, oppressive society. ‘Let justice roll down.’
- Author
- Amos, a herdman of Tekoa in Judah, sent to Israel at Bethel (1:1, 7:14)
- Date
- c. 760–750 BC, during the reigns of Uzziah in Judah and Jeroboam II in Israel