Parallel Verses

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?

New American Standard Bible

So as to buy the helpless for money
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

We can buy the poor with silver
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 needy for a pair of sandals,
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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
That we may buy
קנה 
Qanah 
Usage: 84

the poor
דּל 
Dal 
Usage: 48

כּסף 
Keceph 
Usage: 403

and the needy
H34
אביון 
'ebyown 
Usage: 61

for a pair of shoes
נעלה נעל 
Na`al 
Usage: 22

yea, and sell
שׁבר 
Shabar 
Usage: 21

the refuse
מפּל 
Mappal 
Usage: 2

References

American

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

A Basket Of Ripe Fruit

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 falsifying the balances by deceit? 6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat? 7 The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.



Cross References

Amos 2:6

Thus says the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;

Leviticus 25:39-42

And if your brother that dwells by you becomes poor, and is sold unto you; you shall not compel him to serve as a slave:

Nehemiah 5:1-5

And 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 were sold unto the nations; and will you even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found 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

The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have you sold unto the Greeks, that you might remove them far from their border.

Amos 8:4

Hear this, O you that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,

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