Amos 8:6
King James Version (KJV)
That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
In context
4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
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 by deceit?
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?
7 The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely 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 rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
Amos 8:6 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
- WEB World English Bible
- that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals, and sell the sweepings with the wheat?’”
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”
- ASV American Standard Version
- that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- To purchase with money the poor, And the needy for a pair of sandals, Yea, the refuse of the pure corn we sell.
- DBY Darby Translation
- 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.
- WBS Webster 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?