Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
To buy the poor with silver, and the needy for shoes; and we will sell the refuse of the grain.
New American Standard Bible
And the needy for a pair of sandals,
And that we may sell the refuse of the wheat?”
King James Version
That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
Holman Bible
and the needy for a pair of sandals
and even sell the chaff!”
International Standard Version
buying the poor for cash, and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling chaff mixed in with the wheat.'
A Conservative Version
that we may buy the poor for silver, and a needy man for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
American Standard Version
that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
Amplified
So that we may buy the poor [as slaves] for silver [since they are unable to support themselves]
And the
And that we may sell the leftovers of the wheat [as if it were a good grade of grain]?”
Bible in Basic English
Getting the poor for silver, and him who is in need for the price of two shoes, and taking a price for the waste parts of the grain.
Darby Translation
that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; and that we may sell the refuse of the wheat.
King James 2000
That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
Lexham Expanded Bible
{That we can} buy [the] powerless with silver and [the] poor for the sake of a pair of sandals, and we can sell the waste of the grain?"
Modern King James verseion
that we may buy the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals; and sell the chaff of the wheat?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
We shall set up false weights, that we may get the poor under us with their money, and the needy also for shoes: yea let us sell the chaff for corn."
NET Bible
We're eager to trade silver for the poor, a pair of sandals for the needy! We want to mix in some chaff with the grain!"
New Heart English Bible
that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the sweepings with the wheat?'"
The Emphasized Bible
Who buy - for silver - the poor, and the needy for a pair of shoes, - and that the refuse of the grain we may sell.
Webster
That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; and even sell the refuse of the wheat?
World English Bible
that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the sweepings with the wheat?'"
Youngs Literal Translation
To purchase with money the poor, And the needy for a pair of sandals, Yea, the refuse of the pure corn we sell.
Themes
Courts of justice » Corruption and bribery often practised in
The poor » The wicked » Defraud
Servant » Bond » Bought and sold
Topics
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Qanah
References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Amos 8:6
Prayers for Amos 8:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Basket Of Ripe Fruit
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? 6 To buy the poor with silver, and the needy for shoes; and we will sell the refuse of the grain. 7 Jehovah sware by the pride of Jacob, If I will forget forever all their works.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Amos 2:6
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;
Leviticus 25:39-42
And when thy brother shall be poor with thee, and he was sold to thee, thou shalt not serve upon him the service of a servant.
Nehemiah 5:1-5
And a cry of the people and their wives will be great against their brethren the Jews.
Nehemiah 5:8
And saying to them, We bought off our brethren the Jews, being sold to the nations; according to the sufficiency in us and also will ye sell your brethren? and were they sold to us? And they will be silent, and they found not a word.
Joel 3:3
And for my people they cast the lot: and they will give the boy for a harlot, and they sold the girl for wine; and they will drink
Joel 3:6
And the sons of Judah and the sons of Jerusalem ye sold to the sons of the Grecians, in order to remove them far off from their border.
Amos 8:4
Hear this, ye, panting after the needy, to cause the humble of the, land to cease.