Amos 5:11
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Amos 5:11 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him 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 the wine thereof.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Darum, weil ihr den Armen niedertretet und Getreidegaben von ihm nehmet, habt ihr Häuser von behauenen Steinen gebaut und werdet nicht darin wohnen, liebliche Weinberge gepflanzt und werdet deren Wein nicht trinken.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Por tanto, pues que vejáis al pobre y recibís de él carga de trigo; edificasteis casas de sillares, mas no las habitaréis; plantasteis hermosas viñas, mas no beberéis el vino de ellas.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Portanto, visto que pisoteais ao pobre e tomais dele um carga de trigo; assim edificastes casas de pedras lavradas, mas não habitareis nelas; plantastes belas vinhas, mas não bebereis o vinho delas.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Porque vós pisais o pobre e dele tomais porções de trigo. Embora tenhais construído casas de pedras trabalhadas, não vivereis nelas. Tendes deliciosas videiras, mas não bebereis do seu vinho.
📖 Amos 5:11 in Context
9That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress.
10They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
11Forasmuch 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.
12For 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.
13Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time.
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