I will not accept them,
Nor will I regard your fattened peace offerings.
For I will not hear the melody of your stringed instruments.
And Chiun, your idols,
The star of your gods,
Which you made for yourselves.
Says the Lord, bwhose name is the God of hosts.
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American Standard Version
But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
Amplified® Bible
But let justice run down like waters and righteousness as a mighty {and} ever-flowing stream.
Contemporary English Version
But let justice and fairness flow like a river that never runs dry.
Darby English Version
but let judgment roll down as waters, and righteousness as an ever-flowing stream.
Good News Bible
Instead, let justice flow like a stream, and righteousness like a river that never goes dry.
King James Version
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
New American Standard Bible
"But let justice roll down like waters And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
New International Version
But let justice roll on like a river,
righteousness like a never-failing stream!
New King James Version
But let justice run down like water,
And righteousness like a mighty stream.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"But let justice roll down like waters And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
Revised Standard Version
But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
Young's Literal Translation
And roll on as waters doth judgment, And righteousness as a perennial stream.
New English Translation
Justice must flow like torrents of water, righteous actions1 like a stream that never dries up.
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