Amos 5:14 - Compare All Versions
Amos 5:14 MSG (The Message)
Seek good and not evil— and live! You talk about GOD, the God-of-the-Angel-Armies, being your best friend. Well, live like it, and maybe it will happen.
Amos 5:14 KJV (King James Version)
Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
Amos 5:14 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
Seek good and not evil, that you may live; And thus may the LORD God of hosts be with you, Just as you have said!
Amos 5:14 NCV (New Century Version)
Try to do good, not evil, so that you will live, and the LORD God All-Powerful will be with you just as you say he is.
Amos 5:14 ASV (American Standard Version)
Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be with you, as ye say.
Amos 5:14 NIV (New International Version)
Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the LORD God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is.
Amos 5:14 NKJV (New King James Version)
Seek good and not evil, That you may live; So the LORD God of hosts will be with you, As you have spoken.
Amos 5:14 AMP (Amplified Bible)
¶Seek (long for, require) good and not evil, that you may live; And so may the LORD God of hosts be with you, Just as you have said!
Amos 5:14 NLT (New Living Translation)
Do what is good and run from evil so that you may live! Then the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies will be your helper, just as you have claimed.
Amos 5:14 TPT (The Passion Translation)
Devote yourself to what is good, not evil, so that you may live. And YAHWEH, the God of Angel Armies, will really be with you, just as you claim he is.
Amos 5:14 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the LORD, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you have said.