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 Écoutez ceci, vous qui dévorez l’indigent, Et qui ruinez les malheureux du pays!
5 Vous dites: Quand la nouvelle lune sera-t-elle passée, Afin que nous vendions du blé? Quand finira le sabbat, afin que nous ouvrions les greniers? Nous diminuerons l’épha, nous augmenterons le prix, Nous falsifierons les balances pour tromper;
6 Puis nous achèterons les misérables pour de l’argent, Et le pauvre pour une paire de souliers, Et nous vendrons la criblure du froment.
7 L’Éternel l’a juré par la gloire de Jacob: Je n’oublierai jamais aucune de leurs œuvres.
8 Le pays, à cause d’elles, ne sera-t-il pas ébranlé, Et tous ses habitants ne seront-ils pas dans le deuil? Le pays montera tout entier comme le fleuve, Il se soulèvera et s’affaissera comme le fleuve d’Égypte.
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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