Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
and the needy for a pair of sandals
and even sell the chaff!”
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?
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
Interlinear
Qanah
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Amos 8:6
Prayers for Amos 8:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Basket Of Ripe Fruit
5
so we may sell grain,
and the Sabbath,
so we may market wheat?
We can reduce the measure
while increasing the price
and cheat with dishonest scales.
and the needy for a pair of sandals
and even sell the chaff!”
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Amos 2:6
The Lord says:
for three crimes, even four,
because they sell a righteous person for silver
and a needy person for a pair of sandals.
Leviticus 25:39-42
“If your brother among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you,
Nehemiah 5:1-5
There was a widespread outcry from the people and their wives against their Jewish countrymen.
Nehemiah 5:8
and said, “We have done our best to buy back our Jewish countrymen who were sold to foreigners, but now you sell your own countrymen, and we have to buy them back.”
Joel 3:3
they bartered a boy for a prostitute
and sold a girl for wine to drink.
Joel 3:6
You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks
Amos 8:4
and do away with the poor of the land,