Amos 8:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,”
Amos 8:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Amos 8:4 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Amos 8:4 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Amos 8:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,”
Amos 8:4 — World English Bible
Amos 8:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail, ”
Amos 8:4 — American Standard Version
Amos 8:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Hear this, ye who are swallowing up the needy, To cause to cease the poor of the land,”
Amos 8:4 — Young's Literal Translation
Amos 8:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Hear this, ye that pant after the needy, even to cause to fail the poor of the land, ”
Amos 8:4 — Darby Translation
Amos 8:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Heare this, O yee that swallowe vp the poore, that ye may make the needie of the lande to fayle,”
Amos 8:4 — Geneva Bible
Amos 8:4 in Context — Amos 8
2 And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the Lord unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
3 And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord God: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
6 That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
What Does Amos 8:4 Mean?
Amos 8:4 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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