| NASB © | Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Definition | Origin | | "But let justice | מִשְׁפָּ֑ט | mish·pat; | 4941 | judgment | from shaphat |
| roll down | וְיִגַּ֥ל | ve·yig·gal | 1556 | to roll, roll away | a prim. root |
| like waters | כַּמַּ֖יִם | kam·ma·yim | 4325 | waters, water | a prim. root |
| And righteousness | וּצְדָקָ֖ה | u·tze·da·kah | 6666 | righteousness | from the same as tsedeq |
| like an ever-flowing | אֵיתָֽן׃ | ei·tan. | 386 | perennial, ever-flowing, permanence | from an unused word |
| stream. | כְּנַ֥חַל | ke·na·chal | 5158a | torrent, torrent-valley, wadi | of uncertain derivation |
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KJV Lexicon
But let judgment
mishpat (mish-pawt')
a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective
run down
galal (gaw-lal')
to roll -- commit, remove, roll (away, down, together), run down, seek occasion, trust, wallow.
as waters
mayim (mah'-yim)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring).
and righteousness
tsdaqah (tsed-aw-kaw')
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity) -- justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
as a mighty
'eythan (ay-thawn')
from an unused root (meaning to continue); permanence; hence (concrete) permanent; specifically a chieftain -- hard, mighty, rough, strength, strong.
stream
nachal (nakh'-al)
a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine) -- brook, flood, river, stream, valley. |
New American Standard (©1995)
"But let justice roll down like waters And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.King James Bible
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. American King James Version
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. American Standard Version
But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. Darby Bible Translation
but let judgment roll down as waters, and righteousness as an ever-flowing stream. English Revised Version
But let judgment roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. Webster's Bible Translation
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. Latin: Biblia Sacra Vulgata
et revelabitur quasi aqua iudicium et iustitia quasi torrens fortis
Ever-flowing Judgment Justice Mighty Never-failing Perennial Righteousness River Rivers Roll Rolling Run Stream Waters
Ever-Flowing Judgment Justice Mighty Perennial Right Righteousness River Rivers Roll Rolling Run Stream Waters
Ever-Flowing Judgment Justice Mighty Perennial Right Righteousness River Rivers Roll Rolling Run Stream WatersAmos 5:24 Multilingual Bible Amos 5:24 French Amós 5:24 Biblia Paralela 阿 摩 司 書 5:24 Chinese Bible |
