Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Hear this, you who trample the needy and do away with the poor of the land, New Living Translation Listen to this, you who rob the poor and trample down the needy! English Standard Version Hear this, you who trample on the needy and bring the poor of the land to an end, Berean Standard Bible Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land, King James Bible Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, New King James Version Hear this, you who swallow up the needy, And make the poor of the land fail, New American Standard Bible Hear this, you who trample the needy, to put an end to the humble of the land, NASB 1995 Hear this, you who trample the needy, to do away with the humble of the land, NASB 1977 Hear this, you who trample the needy, to do away with the humble of the land, Legacy Standard Bible Hear this, you who trample the needy, even to cause the humble of the land to cease, Amplified Bible Hear this, you who trample down the needy, and do away with the poor of the land, Christian Standard Bible Hear this, you who trample on the needy and do away with the poor of the land, Holman Christian Standard Bible Hear this, you who trample on the needy and do away with the poor of the land, American Standard Version Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail, Aramaic Bible in Plain English Hear these things, despisers of the poor and destroyers of the afflicted of the land!” Brenton Septuagint Translation Hear now this, ye that oppress the poor in the morning, and drive the needy ones by tyranny from the earth, Contemporary English Version You people crush those in need and wipe out the poor. Douay-Rheims Bible Hear this, you that crush the poor, and make the needy of the land to fail, English Revised Version Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail, GOD'S WORD® Translation Listen to this, those who trample on the needy and ruin those who are oppressed in the world. Good News Translation Listen to this, you that trample on the needy and try to destroy the poor of the country. International Standard Version "Hear this, you who are swallowing up the needy, who intend to make the poor of the land fail, JPS Tanakh 1917 Hear this, O ye that would swallow the needy, And destroy the poor of the land, Literal Standard Version Hear this, you who are swallowing up the needy, | To cause the poor of the land to cease, Majority Standard Bible Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land, New American Bible Hear this, you who trample upon the needy and destroy the poor of the land: NET Bible Listen to this, you who trample the needy, and do away with the destitute in the land. New Revised Standard Version Hear this, you that trample on the needy, and bring to ruin the poor of the land, New Heart English Bible Hear this, you who trample the needy, and destroy the poor of the land, Webster's Bible Translation Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, World English Bible Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail, Young's Literal Translation Hear this, ye who are swallowing up the needy, To cause to cease the poor of the land, Additional Translations ... Context The Basket of Ripe Fruit…3“In that day,” declares the Lord GOD, “the songs of the temple will turn to wailing. Many will be the corpses, strewn in silence everywhere!” 4Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land, 5asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.… Cross References Job 24:4 They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding. Psalm 14:4 Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD. Proverbs 30:14 there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men. Ezekiel 45:10 You must use honest scales, a just ephah, and a just bath. Amos 2:7 They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name. Amos 5:11 Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted. Amos 5:12 For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate. Treasury of Scripture Hear this, O you that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, Hear. Amos 7:16 Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac. 1 Kings 22:19 And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left. Isaiah 1:10 Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. swallow. Amos 2:6 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes; Amos 5:11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them. Psalm 12:5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him. Jump to Previous Cause Cease Crushing Desire Destroy Ear End Fail Hear Humble Needy Pant Poor Purpose Swallow Swallowing TrampleJump to Next Cause Cease Crushing Desire Destroy Ear End Fail Hear Humble Needy Pant Poor Purpose Swallow Swallowing TrampleAmos 8 1. By a basket of summer fruit is shown the approach of Israel's end.4. Oppression is reproved. 11. A famine of the word of God threatened. (4) Ye that swallow up . . .--Better, ye that pant (or are greedy) for the very ashes on their heads. Make . . . to fail.--Literally, make . . . to cease: i.e., destroy. Verse 4. - The prophet, by admonishing the grandees of their iniquities, which they will not cast away, shows how ripe they are for judgment. That swallow up; better, that pant after (Amos 2:6, 7), like a beast after its prey, eager to devour. Even to make the poor of the land to fail; and cause the meek of the land to fail. They grasp at the property of the unresisting poor, adding field to field, and impoverishing them in various ways, to root them out of the land.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Hearשִׁמְעוּ־ (šim·‘ū-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently this, זֹ֕את (zōṯ) Pronoun - feminine singular Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, you who trample הַשֹּׁאֲפִ֖ים (haš·šō·’ă·p̄îm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 7602: To inhale eagerly, to cover, to be angry, to hasten on the needy, אֶבְי֑וֹן (’eḇ·yō·wn) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 34: In want, needy, poor who do away with וְלַשְׁבִּ֖ית (wə·laš·bîṯ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 7673: To repose, desist from exertion the poor עֲנִיֵּי־ (‘ă·nî·yê-) Adjective - masculine plural construct Strong's 6035: Poor, afflicted, humble, meek of the land, אָֽרֶץ׃ (’ā·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6041: Poor, afflicted, humble Links Amos 8:4 NIVAmos 8:4 NLT Amos 8:4 ESV Amos 8:4 NASB Amos 8:4 KJV Amos 8:4 BibleApps.com Amos 8:4 Biblia Paralela Amos 8:4 Chinese Bible Amos 8:4 French Bible Amos 8:4 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Amos 8:4 Hear this you who desire to swallow (Amo. 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