Devine Scripture

Amos 5:23

Amos chapter 5 · verse 23 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

Context

v.22Yea, though ye offer me your burnt-offerings and meal-offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fat beasts.

v.23This passage

v.24But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Amos 6:5

    that sing idle songs to the sound of the viol; that invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;

  • Amos 8:3

    And the songs of the temple shall be wailings in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah: the dead bodies shall be many; in every place shall they cast them forth with silence.

  • Amos 8:10

    And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning for an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.