Amos 5:12
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Amos 5:12 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
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.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Denn ich weiß, daß eurer Übertretungen viele, und daß eure Sünden zahlreich sind; sie bedrängen den Gerechten, nehmen Lösegeld und beugen das Recht der Dürftigen im Tore.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Porque sabido he vuestras muchas rebeliones, y vuestros grandes pecados: que afligen al justo, y reciben cohecho, y á los pobres en la puerta hacen perder su causa.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Pois sei que vossas transgressões são muitas e vossos pecados são grandes; afligis o justo, e recebeis suborno, e negam o direito dos necessitados na porta da cidade.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Pois Eu sei quantas são as vossas ofensas e quão grandes são vossos pecados. Vós que afligis o justo, tomais o suborno e rejeitais o necessitado às portas da cidade.
📖 Amos 5:12 in Context
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.
14Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the Lord, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
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