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 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?
7 The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
8 Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
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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