Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Hear this, O ye who would swallow up a needy man, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
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,
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,
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 And the songs of the temple shall be wailings in that day, says lord LORD. The dead bodies shall be many. In every place they shall cast them forth with silence. 4 Hear this, O ye who would swallow up a needy man, and cause the poor of the land to fail, 5 saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit,
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Cross References
Psalm 14:4
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people [as] they eat bread, and call not upon LORD?
Proverbs 30:14
There is a generation whose teeth are swords, and their jaw teeth, knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
Amos 5:11
Inasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions of wheat from him. Ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them. Ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.
1 Kings 22:19
And [Micaiah] said, Therefore hear thou the word of LORD. I saw LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
Psalm 12:5
Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, now I will arise, says LORD. I will set him in the safety he gasps for.
Psalm 56:1
Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up. Fighting all the day long he oppresses me.
Psalm 140:12
I know that LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted man, and justice for the needy.
Isaiah 1:10
Hear the word of LORD, ye rulers of Sodom, give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.
Isaiah 28:14
Therefore hear the word of LORD, ye scoffers, who rule this people that is in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 32:6-7
For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profaneness, and to utter error against LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
Jeremiah 5:21
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding, who have eyes, and see not, who have ears, and hear not:
Jeremiah 28:15
Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah. LORD has not sent thee, but thou make this people to trust in a lie.
Amos 2:6-7
Thus says LORD: For three transgressions of Israel, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment of it, because they have sold a righteous man for silver, and a needy man for a pair of shoes--
Amos 7:16
Now therefore hear thou the word of LORD: Thou say, Do not prophesy against Israel, and do not drop [thy word] against the house of Isaac.
Matthew 23:13
Woe to you, scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye close up the kingdom of the heavens ahead of men. For ye enter not in, nor do ye allow those who are entering to enter in.
James 5:6
Ye have condemned, ye have murdered the righteous man. He is not hostile to you.