Amos 2:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Amos 2:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Amos 2:8 in 6 Bible Translations
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Amos 2:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“They lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge. In the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.”
Amos 2:8 — World English Bible
Amos 2:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“and they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of such as have been fined.”
Amos 2:8 — American Standard Version
Amos 2:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And on pledged garments they stretch themselves near every altar, And the wine of fined ones they drink <FI>in<Fi> the house of their gods.”
Amos 2:8 — Young's Literal Translation
Amos 2:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And they lay [themselves] down by every altar upon clothes taken in pledge, and they drink [in] the house of theirGod the wine of the condemned. ”
Amos 2:8 — Darby Translation
Amos 2:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And they lye downe vpon clothes layde to pledge by euery altar: and they drinke the wine of the condemned in the house of their God.”
Amos 2:8 — Geneva Bible
Amos 2:8 in Context — Amos 2
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.
10 Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.
What Does Amos 2:8 Mean?
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