Amos 8:6
“That wee may buy the poore for siluer, & the needie for a paire of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheate?”
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Amos 8:6 Context
4¶ Heare this, O ye that swallow vp the needy, euen to make the poore of the land to faile, 5Saying, When will the newe Moone be gone, that we may sell corne? and the Sabbath, that wee may set forth wheat, making the Ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? 6That wee may buy the poore for siluer, & the needie for a paire of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheate? 7The Lord hath sworne by the excellencie of Iacob, Surely I will neuer forget any of their workes. 8Shall not the land tremble for this, and euery one mourne that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise vp wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
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Other Translations for 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
So as to buy the helpless for money And the needy for a pair of sandals, And {that} we may sell the refuse of the wheat?"
- New American Standard Version (1995)
that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
- American Standard Version (1901)
Getting the poor for silver, and him who is in need for the price of two shoes, and taking a price for the waste parts of the grain.
- Basic English Bible
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.
- Darby Bible
That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; and even sell the refuse of the wheat?
- Webster's Bible
that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the sweepings with the wheat?'"
- World English Bible
To purchase with money the poor, And the needy for a pair of sandals, Yea, the refuse of the pure corn we sell.
- Youngs Literal Bible
That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the corn?'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Amos 8:6
8:6 That we may buy - They would have new moons and sabbaths over, that they might go to market to buy the poor. And when these poor owed but for a very little commodity, as suppose a pair of shoes, these merciless men would take the advantage against them, and make them sell themselves to pay the debt. The refuse - This was another kind of oppression, corrupted wares, sold to those that were necessitous.