Amos 5:7
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
[For] those who turnהַהֹפְכִ֥ים
(ha·ho·fe·chim)
2015: to turn, overturna prim. root
justiceמִשְׁפָּ֑ט
(mish·pat;)
4941: judgmentfrom shaphat
into wormwoodלְלַעֲנָ֖ה
(le·la·'a·nah)
3939: wormwoodof uncertain derivation
And cast 
 
5117: to resta prim. root
righteousnessוּצְדָקָ֖ה
(u·tze·da·kah)
6666: righteousnessfrom the same as tsedeq
down 
 
5117: to resta prim. root
to the earth."לָאָ֥רֶץ
(la·'a·retz)
776: earth, landa prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
Ye who turn
haphak  (haw-fak')
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
judgment
mishpat  (mish-pawt')
a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective
to wormwood
la`anah  (lah-an-aw')
wormwood (regarded as poisonous, and therefore accursed) -- hemlock, wormwood.
and leave off
yanach  (yaw-nakh')
to deposit; by implication, to allow to stay
righteousness
tsdaqah  (tsed-aw-kaw')
rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity) -- justice, moderately, right(-eous) (act, -ly, -ness).
in the earth
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Parallel Verses
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You, Israel, turn justice into poison and throw righteousness on the ground.

King James 2000 Bible
You who turn justice to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
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