Amos 8:4
“Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Amos 8:4 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
American Standard Version (ASV)English
Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Höret dieses, die ihr nach dem Dürftigen schnaubet und nach der Vernichtung der Sanftmütigen im Lande, und sprechet:
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Oid esto, los que tragáis á los menesterosos, y arruináis los pobres de la tierra,
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Ouvi isto, vós que tragais os necessitados, e arruinais os pobres da terra,
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Ouvi isto, vós que atropelais os necessitados e destruís os pobres da terra.
📖 Amos 8:4 in Context
2And 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.
3And 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.
4Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
5Saying, 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?
6That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
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