Amos 2:7 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:”
Amos 2:7 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Amos 2:7 in 6 Bible Translations
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Amos 2:7 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“They trample the heads of the poor into the dust of the earth and deny justice to the oppressed. A man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name.”
Amos 2:7 — World English Bible
Amos 2:7 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“they that pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father go unto the same maiden, to profane my holy name: ”
Amos 2:7 — American Standard Version
Amos 2:7 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Who are panting for the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, And the way of the humble they turn aside, And a man and his father go unto the damsel, So as to pollute My holy name.”
Amos 2:7 — Young's Literal Translation
Amos 2:7 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“panting after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turning aside the way of the meek; and a man and his father will go in unto the [same] maid, to profane my holy name. ”
Amos 2:7 — Darby Translation
Amos 2:7 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“They gape ouer the head of the poore, in the dust of the earth, and peruert the wayes of the meeke: and a man and his father will goe in to a mayde to dishonour mine holy Name.”
Amos 2:7 — Geneva Bible
Amos 2:7 in Context — Amos 2
5 But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
6 Thus saith the Lord; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
7 That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:
8 And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
9 Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
What Does Amos 2:7 Mean?
Amos 2:7 is a verse from the Book of Amos, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Amos chapter 2. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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