Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Hear this, ye, panting after the needy, to cause the humble of the, land to cease.
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,
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,
The Emphasized Bible
Hear this, ye who pant after the needy, and to make an end of the oppressed of the land:
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 The songs of the temple wailed in that day, says the Lord Jehovah; many a corpse in every place being cast forth: silence. 4 Hear this, ye, panting after the needy, to cause the humble of the, land to cease. 5 Saying, When will the month pass through, and we will sell grain? and the Sabbath, and we will open wheat to diminish the ephah, and to enlarge the shekel, and to make crooked the balance of deceit?
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Cross References
Psalm 14:4
Did not the workers of vanity know? eating my people they ate bread; they called not Jehovah.
Proverbs 30:14
A generation, its teeth swords, and its biter's teeth, knives, to devour the poor from the land, and the needy from man.
Amos 5:11
For this, because of your treading upon the poor one, and ye will take away the liftings up of wheat from him: ye built houses of hewn stone, and ye shall not dwell in them; ye planted vineyards of desire and ye shall not drink their wine.
1 Kings 22:19
And he will say, For this, hear the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting upon his throne, and all the army of the heavens standing by him from his right hand and from his left
Psalm 12:5
From the oppression of the poor, from the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, Jehovah will say; I will set with salvation, he will puff at him.
Psalm 56:1
To the overseer for the silent dove of those far off: to David, a poem in the rovers taking him in Gath. Compassionate me, O God, for man panted after me; warring all the day, he will press me.
Psalm 140:12
Knowing that Jehovah will do judgment to the poor one, judgment to the needy.
Isaiah 1:10
Hear the word of Jehovah, ye leaders of Sodom: give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
Isaiah 28:14
For this, hear ye the word of Jehovah, ye men of scorn, ruling this people which is in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 32:6-7
For the foolish will speak folly, and his heart will do vanity to do profaneness and to speak error to Jehovah, to empty the soul of the hungry; and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
Jeremiah 5:21
Hear now this, O foolish people, and no heart; eyes to them and they will not see; and ears to them, and they will not hear:
Jeremiah 28:15
And Jeremiah the prophet will say to Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; Jehovah sent thee not; and thou didst cause this people to trust upon falsehood.
Amos 2:6-7
Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn it back, for their selling the just one for silver and the needy for shoes;
Amos 7:16
And now hear the word of Jehovah: Thou sayest thou shalt not prophesy against Israel, and thou shalt not drop against the house of Isaak.
Matthew 23:13
Woe to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye lock up the kingdom of the heavens before men: for ye come not in yourselves, neither those coming in, permit ye to come in.
James 5:6
Ye have condemned, ye have killed the just one; and he resists you not.