Amos 5:24

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְיִגַּ֥ל כַּמַּ֖יִם מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּצְדָקָ֖ה כְּנַ֥חַל אֵיתָֽן׃

Transliteration

And-yiggal like-ha-mayim mishpāṭ, and-ṣədāqāh like-naḥal ʾêtān

Grammar Details

*yiggal*: imperfect, niphal, 3rd masculine singular - it will roll/flow
*ha-mayim*: definite article + noun, masculine plural - the waters
*mishpāṭ*: noun, masculine singular - justice/judgment
*ṣədāqāh*: noun, feminine singular - righteousness
*naḥal*: noun, masculine singular - stream/wadi
*ʾêtān*: adjective, masculine singular - ever-flowing/perpetual

Word Meanings

*yiggal*: will roll/flow/be revealed
*mishpāṭ*: justice/judgment/legal decision
*ṣədāqāh*: righteousness/justice/rightness
*naḥal*: stream/wadi/torrent
*ʾêtān*: ever-flowing/permanent/perpetual

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Mic 6:8 : 8 He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Prov 21:3 : 3 To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.
Amos 5:7 : 7 Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
Amos 5:14-15 : 14 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be with you, as ye say. 15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
Jer 22:3 : 3 Thus saith Jehovah: Execute ye justice and righteousness, and deliver him that is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the sojourner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.
Hos 6:6 : 6 For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.
Mark 12:32-34 : 32 And the scribe said unto him, Of a truth, Teacher, thou hast well said that he is one; and there is none other but he: 33 and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is much more than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices. 34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.
Job 29:12-17 : 12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him. 13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. 14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem. 15 I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame. 16 I was a father to the needy: And the cause of him that I knew not I searched out. 17 And I brake the jaws of the unrighteous, And plucked the prey out of his teeth.

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