Amos 5:24

Woe to Rebellious Israel

23Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. 24But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

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Berean Standard Bible
But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
American Standard Version (1901)
But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
Bible in Basic English
But let the right go rolling on like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
Free Bible Version
Rather let justice flow like a river, and doing right like an ever-flowing stream.
Geneva Bible 1599
And let iudgement runne downe as waters, and righteousnesse as a mightie riuer.
King James (Authorized) Version
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
Translation for Translators
Instead, your continually acting justly/fairly and righteously should be never stop, like [SIM] the water in a river that never stops flowing.
Unlocked Literal Bible
Instead, let justice flow like water, and righteousness like a constantly flowing stream.
Noah Webster Bible
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
World English Bible
But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.
Young's Literal Translation
And roll on as waters doth judgment, And righteousness as a perennial stream.