King James Version

Amos 5:7

Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

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הַהֹפְכִ֥יםhahofekhimthe changeהָפַךְdefinite article, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “the change”, a verb used as a describing wordH2015to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert[idiom] become, change, come, be converted, give, make (a bed), overthrow (-turn), perverse, retire, tumble, turn (again, aside, back, to the contrary, every way).לְלַעֲנָ֖הlelaanahto wormwoodלַעֲנָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to wormwood”, the ordinary formH3939wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed)hemlock, wormwood.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).לָאָ֥רֶץlaaretsto earthאֶרֶץpreposition, with the article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “to earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.הִנִּֽיחוּhinichvbestowיָנַחverb, hiphil, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “bestow”, a completed actionH3240to deposit; by implication, to allow to staybestow, cast down, lay (down, up), leave (off), let alone (remain), pacify, place, put, set (down), suffer, withdraw, withhold. (The Hiphil forms with the dagesh are here referred to, in accordance with the older grammarians; but if any di…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and cast righteousness to the ground;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Ye who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,

Young’s Literal Translation

Ye who are turning to wormwood judgment, And righteousness to the earth have put down,

World English Bible

You who turn justice to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth!

Darby Translation

Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth,

Douay-Rheims

You that turn judgment into wormwood, and forsake justice in the land,

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and cast righteousness to the ground;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

It is he that executes judgment in the height above , and he has established justice on the earth:

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὁ ποιῶν εἰς ὕψος κρίμα, καὶ δικαιοσύνην εἰς γῆν ἔθηκεν·