Amos 5:10

NETBible

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.

KJV
They hate
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him that rebuketh
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in the gate
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and they abhor
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him that speaketh
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uprightly
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NASB ©
They hate
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him who reproves
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in the gate
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, And they abhor
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him who speaks
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with
integrity
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.
LXXM
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V-AAI-3P
en
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PREP
pulaiv
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N-DPF
elegconta
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V-PAPAS
kai
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CONJ
logon
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N-ASM
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A-ASM
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V-AMI-3P
NET [draft] ITL
The Israelites hate
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anyone who arbitrates
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at the city gate
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; they despise
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anyone who speaks
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honestly
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.
HEBREW
wbety
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Mymt
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rbdw
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xykwm
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resb
<08179>
wanv (5:10)
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NETBible

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.