Amos 5:24
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream."
Word-by-Word Analysis
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
מִשְׁפָּט
mishpâṭ
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind...
רוּץ
rûwts
to run (for whatever reason, especially to rush)
מַיִם
mayim
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
צְדָקָה
tsᵉdâqâh
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
גִּבּוֹר
gibbôwr
powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
Key Terms in This Verse
מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ
properly, 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 pla...
Study H4941 →צְדָקָה tsᵉdâqâh
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
Study H6666 →Cross References
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, ne...
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
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