Amos 5:10
ContextNET © | The Israelites 1 hate anyone who arbitrates at the city gate; 2 they despise anyone who speaks honestly. |
NIV © | you hate the one who reproves in court and despise him who tells the truth. |
NASB © | They hate him who reproves in the gate, And they abhor him who speaks with integrity. |
NLT © | How you hate honest judges! How you despise people who tell the truth! |
MSG © | People hate this kind of talk. Raw truth is never popular. |
BBE © | They have hate for him who makes protest against evil in the public place, and he whose words are upright is disgusting to them. |
NRSV © | They hate the one who reproves in the gate, and they abhor the one who speaks the truth. |
NKJV © | They hate the one who rebukes in the gate, And they abhor the one who speaks uprightly. |
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NET © | The Israelites 1 hate anyone who arbitrates at the city gate; 2 they despise anyone who speaks honestly. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Israelites) has been specified in the translation for clarity. 2 sn In ancient Israelite culture, legal disputes were resolved in the city gate, where the town elders met. |