Amos 5:24

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But let judgment run 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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Referenced Verses

Mic 6:8 : 8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Prov 21:3 : 3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Amos 5:7 : 7 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
Amos 5:14-15 : 14 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken. 15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
Jer 22:3 : 3 Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place.
Hos 6:6 : 6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Mark 12:32-34 : 32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; 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 soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is 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, and the fatherless, and him 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 judgment 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 poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out. 17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

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