Amos 2:8

World English Bible (WEB)

They lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge. In the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.

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6 The LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals;

7 They trample the heads of the poor into the dust of the earth and deny justice to the oppressed. A man and his father use the same maiden, to profane my holy name.

8 They lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge. In the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.

9 Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.

10 Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

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Amos 2:8 in every translation

WEB World English Bible: They lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge. In the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.
KJV King James Version: And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines.
ASV American Standard Version: and they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of such as have been fined.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: And on pledged garments they stretch themselves near every altar, And the wine of fined ones they drink [in] the house of their gods.
DBY Darby Translation: And they lay [themselves] down by every altar upon clothes taken in pledge, and they drink [in] the house of their God the wine of the condemned.
WBS Webster Bible: And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.