Amos 5:7 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

Ye who are turning to wormwood judgment, And righteousness to the earth have put down,

English ASV

Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,

English Amplified

You who turn justice into [the bitterness of] wormwood and cast righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God) down to the ground,

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

You who turn justice into [the bitterness of] wormwood and cast righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God) down to the ground,

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Those who turn justice into wormwood also throw righteousness to the ground.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,

English EASY 2024

You people change what is right and true to make lies. You are not fair or honest.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

You should go to the Lord for help. He is the one who made the Pleiades and Orion. He changes darkness into the morning light. He changes the day into the dark night. He calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the earth. His name is Yahweh! He keeps one strong city safe, and he lets another strong city be destroyed." You change goodness to poison. You killed justice, and let it fall to the ground.

O you who turn justice to wormwood and cast down righteousness to the earth!

English GNT (Good News Translation)

You are doomed, you that twist justice and cheat people out of their rights!

English God's Word - GW 1995

You, Israel, turn justice into poison and throw righteousness on the ground.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Those who turn justice into wormwood throw righteousness to the ground.

English KJV 1611

Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

English LSB

For those who overturn justice into wormwood And put righteousness down to the earth.”

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

You who turn justice into bitterness and cast righteousness down to the ground!

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

For those who turn justice into wormwood And cast righteousness down to the earth."

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Woe to those who turn judgment to wormwood and cast justice to the ground!

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

The Israelites turn justice into bitterness; they throw what is fair and right to the ground.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

You turn what is fair into something bitter. What is right you throw down to the ground.

English NIV

You who turn justice into bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground

English NKJ 1982

You who turn justice to wormwood, And lay righteousness to rest in the earth!”

English NLT

You wicked people! You twist justice, making it a bitter pill for the poor and oppressed. Righteousness and fair play are meaningless fictions to you.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Ah, you that turn justice to wormwood, and bring righteousness to the ground!

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

They turn justice into a bitter pill to swallow and trample righteousness into the mud.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

O you who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth!

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

O evil men, you make “justice“ a bitter pill for the poor and oppressed. “Righteousness“ and “fair play“ are meaningless fictions to you!

English Tyndale 1537

Ye turn the law to wormwood, and cast down righteousness into the ground.

Amos 5:7 — Compare Translations