Amos 5:14 Parallel Translations

Search for good instead of evil so that you may live. Then the LORD God of Armies will be with you, as you have said.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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.

ASV:

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be with you, as ye say.

BBE:

Go after good and not evil, so that life may be yours: and so the Lord, the God of armies, will be with you, as you say.

DBY:

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye say.

ERV:

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye say.

JPS:

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so the LORD, the God of hosts, will be with you, as ye say.

WBS:

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.

WEB:

Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so Yahweh, the God of Armies, will be with you, as you say.

YLT:

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live, And it is so; Jehovah, God of Hosts, is with you, as ye said.

Amos 5:14 Cross References

XREF:

Micah 3:11 Her leaders pronounce judgment for a bribe, Her priests instruct for a price And her prophets divine for money. Yet they lean on the LORD saying, "Is not the LORD in our midst? Calamity will not come upon us." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

5:14 With you - To bless and save you yet.

MHC:

5:7-17 The same almighty power can, for repenting sinners, easily turn affliction and sorrow into prosperity and joy, and as easily turn the prosperity of daring sinners into utter darkness. Evil times will not bear plain dealing; that is, evil men will not. And these men were evil men indeed, when wise and good men thought it in vain even to speak to them. Those who will seek and love that which is good, may help to save the land from ruin. It behoves us to plead God's spiritual promises, to beseech him to create in us a clean heart, and to renew a right spirit within us. The Lord is ever ready to be gracious to the souls that seek him; and then piety and every duty will be attended to. But as for sinful Israel, God's judgments had often passed by them, now they shall pass through them.

CONC:

Almighty Armies Evil Hosts Seek Spoken Thus Yours

Almighty Armies Evil Good Hosts Live Seek

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