American King James Version
"You who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, "
— Amos 5:7, American King James Version
“Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,”
“Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth, ”
“You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth:”
“The Israelites turn justice into bitterness; they throw what is fair and right to the ground.”
“You that turn judgment into wormwood, and forsake justice in the land,”
“You who make the work of judging a bitter thing, crushing down righteousness to the earth;”
“Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,”
For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel, Seek you me, and you shall live:
But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing.
Seek the LORD, and you shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel.
You who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
Seek him that makes the seven stars and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night: that calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the face of the earth: The LORD is his name:
That strengthens the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
They hate him that rebukes in the gate, and they abhor him that speaks uprightly.