Amos 5:7
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.

Young's Literal Translation
Ye who are turning to wormwood judgment, And righteousness to the earth have put down,

King James Bible
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

Hebrew
You who turn
הַהֹפְכִ֥ים (ha·hō·p̄ə·ḵîm)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 2015: To turn about, over, to change, overturn, return, pervert

justice
מִשְׁפָּ֑ט (miš·pāṭ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style

into wormwood
לְלַעֲנָ֖ה (lə·la·‘ă·nāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 3939: Wormwood

and cast
הִנִּֽיחוּ׃ (hin·nî·ḥū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3240: Bestow, cast down, lay down, up, leave off, let alone remain, pacify, place,

righteousness
וּצְדָקָ֖ה (ū·ṣə·ḏā·qāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6666: Rightness, subjectively, objectively

to the ground—
לָאָ֥רֶץ (lā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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