Amos 8:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?”
Amos 8:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Amos 8:6 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Amos 8:6 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Amos 8:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals, and sell the sweepings with the wheat?’””
Amos 8:6 — World English Bible
Amos 8:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?”
Amos 8:6 — American Standard Version
Amos 8:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“To purchase with money the poor, And the needy for a pair of sandals, Yea, the refuse of the pure corn we sell.”
Amos 8:6 — Young's Literal Translation
Amos 8:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“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.”
Amos 8:6 — Darby Translation
Amos 8:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“That we may buy the poore for siluer, and the needie for shooes: yea, and sell the refuse of the wheate.”
Amos 8:6 — Geneva Bible
Amos 8:6 in Context — Amos 8
4 Oid esto, los que tragáis á los menesterosos, y arruináis los pobres de la tierra,
5 Diciendo: ¿Cuándo pasará el mes, y venderemos el trigo; y la semana, y abriremos [los alfolíes] del pan, y achicaremos la medida, y engrandeceremos el precio, y falsearemos el peso engañoso;
6 Para comprar los pobres por dinero, y los necesitados por un par de zapatos, y venderemos las aechaduras del trigo?
7 Jehová juró por la gloria de Jacob: No me olvidaré para siempre de todas sus obras.
8 ¿No se ha de estremecer la tierra sobre esto? ¿y todo habitador de ella no llorará? y subirá toda como un río, y será arrojada, y hundiráse como el río de Egipto.
What Does Amos 8:6 Mean?
Amos 8:6 is a verse from the Book of Amos, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Amos chapter 8. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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