King James Version

Amos 5:24

But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

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וְיִגַּ֥לveyigaland rollגָּלַלconjunction, verb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and roll”, an unfinished actionH1556to roll (literally or figuratively)commit, remove, roll (away, down, together), run down, seek occasion, trust, wallow.כַּמַּ֖יִםkamayimas waterמַיִםpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “as water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).מִשְׁפָּ֑טmishpatlawמִשְׁפָּטnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “law”, the ordinary formH4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style[phrase] adversary, ceremony, charge, [idiom] crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right,…וּצְדָקָ֖הutsedaqahand justiceצְדָקָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and justice”, the ordinary formH6666rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).כְּנַ֥חַלkenachalas brookנַחַלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as brook”, the ordinary formH5158a 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.אֵיתָֽןeytanhardאֵיתָןadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “hard”, the ordinary formH386permanence; hence (concrete) permanent; specifically a chieftainhard, mighty, rough, strength, strong.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

But let justice well up as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

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American Standard Version (1901)

But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

Young’s Literal Translation

And roll on as waters doth judgment, And righteousness as a perennial stream.

World English Bible

But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream.

Darby Translation

but let judgment roll down as waters, and righteousness as an ever-flowing stream.

Douay-Rheims

But judgment shall be revealed as water, and justice as a mighty torrent.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

But let justice well up as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

But let judgment roll down as water, and righteousness as an impassable torrent.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ κυλισθήσεται ὡς ὕδωρ κρίμα, καὶ δικαιοσύνη ὡς χειμάῤῥους ἄβατος.