Parallel Verses
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.
Julia Smith Translation
To buy the poor with silver, and the needy for shoes; and we will sell the refuse of the grain.
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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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 new moon be over, that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, that we may offer wheat for sale, that we may make the ephah small and the shekel great and deal deceitfully with false balances,
6
And the needy for a pair of sandals,
And that we may sell the refuse of the wheat?”
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Amos 2:6
Thus says the LORD: "For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals--
Leviticus 25:39-42
"If your brother becomes poor beside you and sells himself to you, you shall not make him serve as a slave:
Nehemiah 5:1-5
Now there arose a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers.
Nehemiah 5:8
and said to them, "We, as far as we are able, have bought back our Jewish brothers who have been sold to the nations, but you even sell your brothers that they may be sold to us!" They were silent and could not find a word to say.
Joel 3:3
and have cast lots for my people, and have traded a boy for a prostitute, and have sold a girl for wine and have drunk it.
Joel 3:6
You have sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks in order to remove them far from their own border.
Amos 8:4
Hear this, you who trample on the needy and bring the poor of the land to an end,