# Amos 5.26

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**Book:** [Amos](/codex/amos/) · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 24. But let justice roll down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. 25. Did ye bring unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
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> **26. Yea, ye have borne the tabernacle of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.**
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> 27. Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith Jehovah, whose name is the God of hosts. (Amos 5:24-27, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 24. But let justice roll on like rivers, and righteousness like a mighty stream. 25. “Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel?
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> **26. You also carried the tent of your king and the shrine of your images, the star of your god, which you made for yourselves.**
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> 27. Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus,” says Yahweh, whose name is the God of Armies. (Amos 5:24-27, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 24. But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. <sup>run: Heb. roll</sup> 25. Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
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> **26. But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves. <sup>the tabernacle: or, Siccuth your king</sup>**
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> 27. Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts. (Amos 5:24-27, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 24. And roll on as waters doth judgment, And righteousness as a perennial stream. 25. Sacrifices and offering did ye bring nigh to Me, In a wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?
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> **26. And ye bare Succoth your king, and Chiun your images, The star of your god, that ye made for yourselves.**
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> 27. And I removed you beyond Damascus, Said Jehovah, God of Hosts [is] His name. (Amos 5:24-27, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** Amos (a herdsman from Tekoa) + LORD direct discourse
- **Audience:** Northern Kingdom of Israel (during Jeroboam II)
- **Location:** Bethel (Northern Kingdom)
- **Time period:** ministry c. 760-750 BC

## Theological reading

## Key words

- [H0430 - elohim](/codex/h0430-elohim/), *elohim* (Strong's H430). Also appears in: [Genesis 1.1](/codex/genesis-1-1/), [Genesis 1.2](/codex/genesis-1-2/), [Genesis 1.14-19](/codex/genesis-1-14-19/).
- [H6213 - asah](/codex/h6213-asah/), *asah* (Strong's H6213). Also appears in: [Genesis 1.14-19](/codex/genesis-1-14-19/), [Genesis 1.24-28](/codex/genesis-1-24-28/), [Genesis 1.26](/codex/genesis-1-26/).
- [H6754 - tselem](/codex/h6754-tselem/), *tselem* (Strong's H6754). Also appears in: [Genesis 1.26](/codex/genesis-1-26/), [Genesis 1.27](/codex/genesis-1-27/), [Genesis 9.6](/codex/genesis-9-6/).

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.

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## Quoted in

**Lexicon:**

- [H6754 - tselem](/codex/h6754-tselem/)

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