Amos 8:6
“That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Amos 8:6 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
American Standard Version (ASV)English
that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
um die Armen für Geld, und den Dürftigen um ein Paar Schuhe zu kaufen; und damit wir den Abfall des Korns verkaufen?
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Para comprar los pobres por dinero, y los necesitados por un par de zapatos, y venderemos las aechaduras del trigo?
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Para comprarmos os pobres por dinheiro, e os necessitados por um par de sapatos, e venderemos os refugos do trigo?
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Isto é, que possamos vender trigo ruim, comprar o pobre por prata e o necessitado por um par de sandálias".
📖 Amos 8:6 in Context
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?
7The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
8Shall 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.
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