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 the month is over, we will sell the wheat; and after the sabbath day we will open the storehouse of bread, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit;
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 hath the LORD said: For three transgressions of Israel and for the fourth, I will not convert her because they sold the righteous for silver and the poor for a pair of shoes,
Leviticus 25:39-42
And when thy brother becomes poor, being with thee, and if he should sell himself unto thee, thou shalt not compel him to serve as a slave.
Nehemiah 5:1-5
Then there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren, the Jews.
Nehemiah 5:8
And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren, the Jews who had been sold unto the Gentiles; and will ye even sell your brethren? And shall they be sold unto us? Then they remained silent, for they had nothing to answer.
Joel 3:3
And they have cast lots for my people and have given a boy for a harlot and sold a girl for wine that they might drink.
Joel 3:6
and ye have sold the sons of Judah and the sons of Jerusalem unto the Grecians that ye might remove them far from their border.
Amos 8:4
Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, and cut off the poor of the land,