Amos 5:7
Strong's Lexicon
You who turn
הַהֹפְכִ֥ים (ha·hō·p̄ə·ḵîm)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2015: 1) to turn, overthrow, overturn 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to overturn, overthrow 1a2) to turn, turn about, turn over, turn around 1a3) to change, transform 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to turn oneself, turn, turn back 1b2) to change oneself 1b3) to be perverse 1b4) to be turned, be turned over, be changed, be turned against 1b5) to be reversed 1b6) to be overturned, be overthrown 1b7) to be upturned 1c) (Hithpael) 1c1) to transform oneself 1c2) to turn this way and that, turn every way 1d) (Hophal) to turn on someone

justice
מִשְׁפָּ֑ט (miš·pāṭ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4941: 1) judgment, justice, ordinance 1a) judgment 1a1) act of deciding a case 1a2) place, court, seat of judgment 1a3) process, procedure, litigation (before judges) 1a4) case, cause (presented for judgment) 1a5) sentence, decision (of judgment) 1a6) execution (of judgment) 1a7) time (of judgment) 1b) justice, right, rectitude (attributes of God or man) 1c) ordinance 1d) decision (in law) 1e) right, privilege, due (legal) 1f) proper, fitting, measure, fitness, custom, manner, plan

into wormwood
לְלַעֲנָ֖ה (lə·la·‘ă·nāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3939: 1) wormwood 1a) bitterness (metaph.)

and cast
הִנִּֽיחוּ׃ (hin·nî·ḥū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3240: 1) to rest 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to rest, settle down and remain 1a2) to repose, have rest, be quiet 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to rest, give rest to, make quiet 1b2) to cause to rest, cause to alight, set down 1b3) to lay or set down, deposit, let lie, place 1b4) to let remain, leave 1b5) to leave, depart from 1b6) to abandon 1b7) to permit 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to obtain rest, be granted rest 1c2) to be left, be placed 1c3) open space (subst)

righteousness
וּצְדָקָ֖ה (ū·ṣə·ḏā·qāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6666: 1) justice, righteousness 1a) righteousness (in government) 1a1) of judge, ruler, king 1a2) of law 1a3) of Davidic king Messiah 1b) righteousness (of God's attribute) 1c) righteousness (in a case or cause) 1d) righteousness, truthfulness 1e) righteousness (as ethically right) 1f) righteousness (as vindicated), justification, salvation 1f1) of God 1f2) prosperity (of people) 1g) righteous acts

to the ground—
לָאָ֥רֶץ (lā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: 1) land, earth 1a) earth 1a1) whole earth (as opposed to a part) 1a2) earth (as opposed to heaven) 1a3) earth (inhabitants) 1b) land 1b1) country, territory 1b2) district, region 1b3) tribal territory 1b4) piece of ground 1b5) land of Canaan, Israel 1b6) inhabitants of land 1b7) Sheol, land without return, (under) world 1b8) city (-state) 1c) ground, surface of the earth 1c1) ground 1c2) soil 1d) (in phrases) 1d1) people of the land 1d2) space or distance of country (in measurements of distance) 1d3) level or plain country 1d4) land of the living 1d5) end(s) of the earth 1e) (almost wholly late in usage) 1e1) lands, countries 1e1a) often in contrast to Canaan

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.

Young's Literal Translation
Ye who are turning to wormwood judgment, And righteousness to the earth have put down,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Those who turn justice into wormwood throw righteousness to the ground.

New American Standard Bible
[For] those who turn justice into wormwood And cast righteousness down to the earth."

King James Bible
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
Parallel Verses
New International Version
There are those who turn justice into bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground.

New Living Translation
You twist justice, making it a bitter pill for the oppressed. You treat the righteous like dirt.

English Standard Version
O you who turn justice to wormwood and cast down righteousness to the earth!

New American Standard Bible
For those who turn justice into wormwood And cast righteousness down to the earth."

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Those who turn justice into wormwood throw righteousness to the ground.

International Standard Version
Those of you who are making justice taste bitter, and who have thrown righteousness to the ground:

NET Bible
The Israelites turn justice into bitterness; they throw what is fair and right to the ground.

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

English Revised Version
Ye who turn judgment 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,
















Cross References
Proverbs 21:7
The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

Isaiah 5:20
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Hosea 10:4
They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

Amos 2:3
And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD.

Amos 3:10
For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.

Amos 5:12
For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

Amos 6:12
Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:

Amos 1:1
The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

Amos 5:6
Seek the LORD, and ye 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.

Amos 5:5
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 nought.

Amos 5:4
For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
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