Amos 5:14 — all translations

American Standard Version (1901)

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be with you, as ye say.

ASV Byzantine Text

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be with you, as ye say.

Asang Khongca Bible

Na hing thai hanah, kasae to pakrong hmah, kahoih to pakrong ah; na thuih o ih baktih toengah, misatuh kaminawk ih Angraeng Sithaw loe nangcae khaeah om tih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

A then na toem uh tih na thae pawt daengah ni na hing uh eh. Te vaengah ni na thui bangla nang taengah caempuei Pathen BOEIPA te a om tangloeng eh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

A then na toem uh tih na thae pawt daengah ni na hing uh eh. Te vaengah ni na thui bangla nang taengah caempuei Pathen BOEIPA te a om tangloeng eh.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

E imi oukou i ka maikai, aole i ka hewa, i ola oukou; A pela e mau ai o Iehova, ke Akua o na kaua me oukou, e like me ka oukou i olelo ai.

English Berean Standard Bible

Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Chache fè sa ki byen pou nou ka viv. Pa fè sa ki mal. Lè sa a, Seyè a, Bondye ki gen tout pouvwa a, va kanpe avèk nou jan n'ap plede di l' la.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Quærite bonum, et non malum, ut vivatis; et erit Dominus Deus exercituum vobiscum, sicut dixistis.

Bible in Basic English

Go after good and not evil, so that life may be yours: and so the Lord, the God of armies, will be with you, as you say.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Recherchez le bien, et non le mal, afin que vous viviez ; et ainsi l’ Éternel, le Dieu des armées, sera avec vous, comme vous le dites.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Hledejte dobrého a ne zlého, abyste živi byli, a budeť tak Hospodin Bůh zástupů s vámi, jakž pravíte.

Kosraean Bible

Suk in oru ma suwohs ac tia ma koluk, tuh kowos in ku in moul. Na LEUM GOD Kulana El fah wi kowos, oana ke kowos fahk.

World Portuguese Bible

Busquem o bem, e não o mal, para que vocês vivam; e assim o SENHOR, o Deus dos Exércitos, estará com vocês, como vocês dizem.

Romanian BTF Bible

Căutați binele și nu răul, ca să trăiți; și astfel DOMNUL Dumnezeul oștirilor va fi cu voi, precum ați spus.

Brenton English Septuagint

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord God Almighty shall be with you, as ye have said,

Burmese Common Language Bible

သင်တို့သည်အသက်ချမ်းသာခွင့်ရရန် အတွက် အဆိုးကိုရှောင်၍အကောင်းကို သာရှာဖွေဆောင်ရွက်ကြလော့။ သို့ပြုလျှင် သင်တို့ဆိုသည့်အတိုင်းကောင်းကင်ဗိုလ် ခြေအရှင်ထာဝရဘုရားသခင်သည် သင်တို့နှင့်အတူအမှန်ပင်ရှိတော်မူမည်။-

Darby Translation

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye say.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Trachtet nach dem Guten und nicht nach dem Bösen, auf daß ihr lebet; und Jehova, der Gott der Heerscharen, wird also mit euch sein, wie ihr saget.

Dutch Bible 1917

Zoekt het goede, en niet het boze, opdat gij leeft; en alzo zal de HEERE, de God der heirscharen, met ulieden zijn, gelijk als gij zegt.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Zoekt het goede, en niet het kwaad, Opdat ge moogt leven, En Jahweh, der heirscharen God, Met u moge blijven, zoals ge dat zegt.

Italian Diodati Bible

Cercate il bene, e non il male, acciocchè viviate; e il Signore Iddio degli eserciti sarà con voi, come avete detto .

Douay-Rheims 1899

Seek ye good, and not evil, that you may live: and the Lord the God of hosts will be with you, as you have said.

Geneva Bible 1599

Seeke good and not euil, that ye may liue: and the Lord God of hostes shalbe with you, as you haue spoken.

Noyes Bible

Seek ye good, and not evil, that ye may live; Then shall Jehovah, the God of hosts, be with you, as ye boast.

Danish Bible 1931

Søg det gode, ej det onde, for at I må leve og HERREN, Hærskarers Gud, må være med eder, som I siger, han er.

Leeser Tanakh

Seek for the good, and not the evil, in order that ye may live: and so will the Lord, the God of hosts, be with you, as ye have said.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so the LORD, the God of hosts, will be with you, as ye say.

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.

King James Version + Apocrypha

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.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Hãy tìm điều lành và đừng tìm đều dữ, hầu cho các ngươi được sống, thì Giê-hô-va Đức Chúa Trời vạn quân sẽ ở cùng ngươi, như các ngươi nói vậy.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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.

Revised West Version

Kumi ʻae lelei, kae ʻikai ko e kovi, koeʻuhi ke mou moʻui: ko ia, ko Sihova ko e ʻOtua ʻoe ngaahi tokolahi, te ne ʻiate kimoutolu, ʻo hangē ko hoʻomou lea.

French Ostervald Bible

Cherchez le bien et non le mal, afin que vous viviez, et qu'ainsi l'Éternel, le Dieu des armées, soit avec vous, comme vous le dites.

Esperanto Bible

Serĉu bonon, ne malbonon, por ke vi vivu; tiam la Eternulo, Dio Cebaot, estos kun vi, kiel vi diras.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Recherchez le bien et non le mal, afin que vous viviez, Et qu’ainsi l’Éternel, le Dieu des armées, soit avec vous, Comme vous le dites.

German Luther Bible 1912

Suchet das Gute und nicht das Böse, auf daß ihr leben möget, so wird der HERR, der Gott Zebaoth, bei euch sein, wie ihr rühmet.

LXX2012 U. S. English

Seek good, and not evil, that you⌃ may live: and so the Lord God Almighty shall be with you, as you⌃ have said,

British English Septuagint 2012

Seek good, and not evil, that you⌃ may live: and so the Lord God Almighty shall be with you, as you⌃ have said,

Majority Standard BIble

Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.

Webster Bible

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.

Open English Bible (Commonwealth)

Seek good and not evil, that you may live, so the Lord, God of hosts, may be with you, as you have claimed he is.

Open English Bible (US)

Seek good and not evil, that you may live, so the Lord, God of hosts, may be with you, as you have claimed he is.

Revised Version

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye say.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Cercate il bene e non il male, onde viviate, e l’Eterno, l’Iddio degli eserciti, sia con voi, come dite.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Cherchez le bien, et non le mal, afin que vous viviez ; et qu’ainsi le SEIGNEUR, le Dieu des armées, soit avec vous, comme vous le dites.

Reina Valera 1909

Buscad lo bueno, y no lo malo, para que viváis; porque así Jehová Dios de los ejércitos será con vosotros, como decís.

Spanish BLL

Buscad el bien y no el mal, para que viváis; y así Yahvé, Dios de los Ejércitos, estará con vosotros, tal como decís.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Buscad el bien y no el mal, para que viváis; y así Yahvé, Dios de los Ejércitos, estará con vosotros, tal como decís.

Croatian Bible

Tražite dobro, a ne zlo, da biste živjeli, i da Jahve, Bog nad Vojskama, odista s vama bude kao što velite da jest.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Tražite dobro a ne zlo, da biste bili živi; i tako će Gospod Bog nad vojskama biti s vama, kako rekoste.

German Textbibel

Fragt nach dem Guten und nicht nach dem Bösen, damit ihr am Leben bleibt! Dann erst würde Jahwe, der Gott der Heerscharen, mit euch sein, wie ihr gesagt habt.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord God Almighty shall be with you, as ye have said,

Hebrew OT (WLC)

דִּרְשׁוּ־ט֥וֹב וְאַל־רָ֖ע לְמַ֣עַן תִּֽחְי֑וּ וִיהִי־כֵ֞ן יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֵֽי־צְבָא֛וֹת אִתְּכֶ֖ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲמַרְתֶּֽם׃