Amos 5:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.”
Amos 5:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Amos 5:12 in 6 Bible Translations
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Amos 5:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For I know how many are your offenses, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn away the needy in the courts.”
Amos 5:12 — World English Bible
Amos 5:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins—ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate from their right. ”
Amos 5:12 — American Standard Version
Amos 5:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“For I have known--many <FI>are<Fi> your transgressions, And mighty your sins, Adversaries of the righteous, taking ransoms, And the needy in the gate ye turned aside.”
Amos 5:12 — Young's Literal Translation
Amos 5:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For I know how manifold are your transgressions and your sins mighty: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside [the right of] the needy in the gate. ”
Amos 5:12 — Darby Translation
Amos 5:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For I know your manifold transgressions, and your mightie sinnes: they afflict the iust, they take rewards, and they oppresse the poore in ye gate.”
Amos 5:12 — Geneva Bible
Amos 5:12 in Context — Amos 5
10 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
12 For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
13 Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
14 Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
What Does Amos 5:12 Mean?
Amos 5:12 is a verse from the Book of Amos, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Amos chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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