Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Listen to this, you who trample the needy, and do away with the destitute in 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,
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
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Context Readings
A Basket Of Ripe Fruit
3 The women singing in the temple will wail in that day." The sovereign Lord is speaking. "There will be many corpses littered everywhere! Be quiet!" 4 Listen to this, you who trample the needy, and do away with the destitute in the land. 5 You say, "When will the new moon festival be over, so we can sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, so we can open up the grain bins? We're eager to sell less for a higher price, and to cheat the buyer with rigged scales!
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Cross References
Psalm 14:4
All those who behave wickedly do not understand -- those who devour my people as if they were eating bread, and do not call out to the Lord.
Proverbs 30:14
There is a generation whose teeth are like swords and whose molars are like knives to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among the human race.
Amos 5:11
Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops and exact a grain tax from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted.
1 Kings 22:19
Micaiah said, "That being the case, hear the word of the Lord. I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, with all the heavenly assembly standing on his right and on his left.
Psalm 12:5
"Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action," says the Lord. "I will provide the safety they so desperately desire."
Psalm 56:1
For the music director; according to the yonath-elem-rechovim style; a prayer of David, written when the Philistines captured him in Gath. Have mercy on me, O God, for men are attacking me! All day long hostile enemies are tormenting me.
Psalm 140:12
I know that the Lord defends the cause of the oppressed and vindicates the poor.
Isaiah 1:10
Listen to the Lord's word, you leaders of Sodom! Pay attention to our God's rebuke, people of Gomorrah!
Isaiah 28:14
Therefore, listen to the Lord's word, you who mock, you rulers of these people who reside in Jerusalem!
Isaiah 32:6-7
For a fool speaks disgraceful things; his mind plans out sinful deeds. He commits godless deeds and says misleading things about the Lord; he gives the hungry nothing to satisfy their appetite and gives the thirsty nothing to drink.
Jeremiah 5:21
Tell them: 'Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not discern, who have ears but do not perceive:
Jeremiah 28:15
Then the prophet Jeremiah told the prophet Hananiah, "Listen, Hananiah! The Lord did not send you! You are making these people trust in a lie!
Amos 2:6-7
This is what the Lord says: "Because Israel has committed three covenant transgressions -- make that four! -- I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They sold the innocent for silver, the needy for a pair of sandals.
Amos 7:16
So now listen to the Lord's message! You say, 'Don't prophesy against Israel! Don't preach against the family of Isaac!'
Matthew 23:13
"But woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in.
James 5:6
You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, although he does not resist you.