Amos 5:6-8
Common English Bible
6 Seek the Lord and live,
or else God might rush like a fire against the house of Joseph.
The fire will burn up Bethel, with no one to put it out.
Words of doom
7 Doom to you who turn justice into poison,
and throw righteousness to the ground!
8 The one who made the Pleiades and Orion,
and turns deep darkness into the morning,
and darkens the day into night;
who summons the waters of the sea,
and pours them out on the surface of the earth—
this one’s name is the Lord—
Amos 5:6-8
King James Version
6 Seek the Lord, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.
7 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
8 Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The Lord is his name:
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Amos 5:6-8
New King James Version
6 (A)Seek the Lord and live,
Lest He break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
And devour it,
With no one to quench it in Bethel—
7 You who (B)turn justice to wormwood,
And lay righteousness to rest in the earth!”
8 He made the (C)Pleiades and Orion;
He turns the shadow of death into morning
(D)And makes the day dark as night;
He (E)calls for the waters of the sea
And pours them out on the face of the earth;
(F)The Lord is His name.
Amos 5:6-8
English Standard Version
6 (A)Seek the Lord and live,
(B)lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph,
and it devour, with none to quench it for (C)Bethel,
7 O (D)you who turn justice to wormwood[a]
and cast down righteousness to the earth!
8 He who made the (E)Pleiades and Orion,
and turns deep darkness into the morning
and (F)darkens the day into night,
who (G)calls for the waters of the sea
(H)and pours them out on the surface of the earth,
(I)the Lord is his name;
Footnotes
- Amos 5:7 Or to bitter fruit
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