6that 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.


In Context

3 And the songs of the palace shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah. The dead bodies shall be many; in every place they shall be cast forth. Silence!

4 Hear this, ye that pant after the needy, even to cause to fail the poor of the land,

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 for deceit:

6 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.

7 Jehovah hath sworn by the glory of Jacob, Certainly 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 wholly rise up like the Nile; and it shall surge and sink down, as the river of Egypt.

Amos 8:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:6That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; [yea,] and sell the refuse of the wheat?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:6buying the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the sweepings with the wheat.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:6That we may possess the needy for money, and the poor for a pair of shoes, and may sell the refuse of the corn?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:6that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:6that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:6That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; and even sell the refuse of the wheat?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:6that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the sweepings with the wheat?'|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:6To purchase with money the poor, And the needy for a pair of sandals, Yea, the refuse of the pure corn we sell.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:6That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?