Amos 5:15
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
15 Hate evil and love good,
and establish justice in the gate;
it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,
will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
Amos 5:15
Contemporary English Version
15 Choose good instead of evil!
See that justice is done.
Maybe I, the Lord All-Powerful,
will be kind to what's left
of your people.[a]
Footnotes
- 5.15 your people: Hebrew “Joseph's descendants” (see the note at 5.6).
Amos 5:15
Authorized (King James) Version
15 Hate the evil, and love the good,
and establish judgment in the gate:
it may be that the Lord God of hosts
will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
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