Verse Comparison: Amos 5:7
American Standard Version
Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
Amplified® Bible
You who turn justice into [the bitterness of] wormwood and cast righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God) down to the ground,
Contemporary English Version
You people are doomed! You twist the truth and stomp on justice.
Darby English Version
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,
Good News Bible
You are doomed, you that twist justice and cheat people out of their rights!
King James Version
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
New American Standard Bible
{For} those who turn justice into wormwood And cast righteousness down to the earth."
New International Version
You who turn justice into bitterness
and cast righteousness to the ground
New King James Version
You who turn justice to wormwood,
And lay righteousness to rest in the earth!"
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For those who turn justice into wormwood And cast righteousness down to the earth."
Revised Standard Version
O you who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth!
Young's Literal Translation
Ye who are turning to wormwood judgment, And righteousness to the earth have put down,
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