Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Hear this, ye who pant after the needy, and to make an end of the oppressed of the land:
New American Standard Bible
Hear this, you who
King James Version
Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
Holman Bible
and do away with the poor of the land,
International Standard Version
"Hear this, you who are swallowing up the needy, who intend to make the poor of the land fail,
A Conservative Version
Hear this, O ye who would swallow up a needy man, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
American Standard Version
Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
Amplified
Hear this, you who trample down the needy, and do away with the poor of the land,
Bible in Basic English
Give ear to this, you who are crushing the poor, and whose purpose is to put an end to those who are in need in the land,
Darby Translation
Hear this, ye that pant after the needy, even to cause to fail the poor of the land,
Julia Smith Translation
Hear this, ye, panting after the needy, to cause the humble of the, land to cease.
King James 2000
Hear this, O you that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
Lexham Expanded Bible
Hear this, those who trample on [the] poor and who annihilate the afflicted of [the] land,
Modern King James verseion
Hear this, you who trample the poor, even to make the humble of the land to fail,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Hear this, O ye that oppress the poor, and destroy the needy in the lands, saying,
NET Bible
Listen to this, you who trample the needy, and do away with the destitute in the land.
New Heart English Bible
Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
Webster
Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
World English Bible
Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
Youngs Literal Translation
Hear this, ye who are swallowing up the needy, To cause to cease the poor of the land,
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Amos 8:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Basket Of Ripe Fruit
3 but palace-songs, shall become howlings, in that day, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, - Many shall be the dead bodies in every place - cast forth - with a hush! 4 Hear this, ye who pant after the needy, and to make an end of the oppressed of the land: 5 Who say, When will the new moon, pass away, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath that we may open grain? who diminish the ephah, and increase the shekel, and who falsify by deceitful weights:
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Cross References
Psalm 14:4
Are all the workers of iniquity, without knowledge? devouring my people as they devour food! Upon Yahweh, have they not called.
Proverbs 30:14
A generation! Swords, are its teeth, and, knives, its incisors, - to devour the humbled out of the earth, and the needy, from among men.
Amos 5:11
Therefore - because ye have trampled on the poor, and, the gift of corn, ye would take away from him, though, houses of hewn stone, ye have built, Yet shall ye not dwell in them, - Though, delightful vineyards, ye have planted, Yet shall ye not drink the wine of them.
1 Kings 22:19
Then he said, Therefore, hear thou the word of Yahweh, - I saw Yahweh, sitting upon his throne, and all the host of the heavens, standing by him, on his right hand, and on his left.
Psalm 12:5
Because of violence done to the poor, because of the crying of the needy, Now, will I arise! O may Yahweh say, - I will place him in safety - let him puff at him!
Psalm 56:1
Show me favour, O God, For weak man hath panted for me, All the day, a fighter oppresseth me:
Psalm 140:12
I know that Yahweh will execute, the right of the oppressed one, the vindication of the needy.
Isaiah 1:10
Hear the word of Yahweh, ye rulers of Sodom, - Give ear to the instruction of our God, ye people of Gomorrah: -
Isaiah 28:14
Wherefore, hear ye the word of Yahweh, Ye men who scoff, - Ye rulers of this people that is in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 32:6-7
For, a base man, with baseness, will speak, And, his heart, will practise iniquity, - Practising profanity, And speaking, against Yahweh that which misleadeth, Emptying the soul of the hungry, And the drink of the thirsty, he causeth to fail;
Jeremiah 5:21
Hear this, I pray you ye people - foolish and without heart, - Eyes, have they, and see not, Ears, have they, and hear not!
Jeremiah 28:15
Then said Jeremiah the prophet unto Hananiah the prophet, - Hear I pray thee, Hananiah: Yahweh hath not sent thee, Thou, therefore hast caused this people to trust in falsehood!
Amos 2:6-7
Thus, saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of Israel, and because of four, will I not turn it back, - Because they have sold - for silver - the righteous, and the needy - for a pair of shoes:
Amos 7:16
Now, therefore, hear thou the word of Yahweh, - Thou art saying, Thou must not prophesy concerning Israel, nor let thy word drop down upon the house of Isaac.
James 5:6
Ye sentenced - ye murdered the Righteous one! Is he not arraying himself against you?