Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version buying the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the sweepings with the wheat. New Living Translation And you mix the grain you sell with chaff swept from the floor. Then you enslave poor people for one piece of silver or a pair of sandals. English Standard Version that we may buy the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals and sell the chaff of the wheat?” 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!” King James Bible That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat? New King James Version That we may buy the poor for silver, And the needy for a pair of sandals— Even sell the bad wheat?” New American Standard Bible 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?” NASB 1995 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?” NASB 1977 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?” Legacy Standard Bible So as to buy the poor for money And the needy for a pair of sandals, And that we may sell the refuse of the wheat?” Amplified Bible So that we may buy the poor [as slaves] for silver [since they are unable to support themselves] And the needy for a pair of sandals, And that we may sell the leftovers of the wheat [as if it were a good grade of grain]?” Christian Standard Bible We can buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals and even sell the chaff! ” Holman Christian Standard Bible We can buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals and even sell the chaff!” 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? Aramaic Bible in Plain English And we will sell the poor for silver and the afflicted in exchange for refuse, and we will sell the dregs of the storehouses Brenton Septuagint Translation That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for shoes; and we will trade in every kind of fruit. Contemporary English Version and mix dust in the grain. Those who are needy and poor don't have any money. We will make them our slaves for the price of a pair of sandals." Douay-Rheims Bible That we may possess the needy for money, and the poor for a pair of shoes, and may sell the refuse of the corn? English Revised Version that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat. GOD'S WORD® Translation We can buy the poor with money and the needy for a pair of sandals. We can sell the husks mixed in with the wheat." Good News Translation We can sell worthless wheat at a high price. We'll find someone poor who can't pay his debts, not even the price of a pair of sandals, and we'll buy him as a slave." International Standard Version buying the poor for cash, and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling chaff mixed in with the wheat.' JPS Tanakh 1917 That we may buy the poor for silver, And the needy for a pair of shoes, And sell the refuse of the corn?' Literal Standard Version To purchase the poor with money, | And the needy for a pair of sandals, | Indeed, the refuse of the pure grain we sell.” Majority Standard Bible Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!” New American Bible We will buy the destitute for silver, and the poor for a pair of sandals; even the worthless grain we will sell!” NET Bible We're eager to trade silver for the poor, a pair of sandals for the needy! We want to mix in some chaff with the grain!" New Revised Standard Version buying the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, and selling the sweepings of the wheat.” New Heart English Bible that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the sweepings with the wheat?'" Webster's Bible Translation That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; and even sell the refuse of the wheat? 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?’” 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. Additional Translations ... Context The Basket of Ripe Fruit…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. 6Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!” 7The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds.… Cross References Amos 2:6 This is what the LORD says: "For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals. Amos 3:9 Proclaim to the citadels of Ashdod and to the citadels of Egypt: "Assemble on the mountains of Samaria; see the great unrest in the city and the acts of oppression in her midst." Amos 4:1 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, "Bring us more to drink." Treasury of Scripture That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yes, and sell the refuse of the wheat? Amos 8:4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, 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; Leviticus 25:39-42 And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant: … Jump to Previous Buy Buying Corn Getting Grain Helpless Money Need Needy Pair Parts Poor Price Pure Refuse Sandals Sell Selling Shoes Silver Sweepings Waste WheatJump to Next Buy Buying Corn Getting Grain Helpless Money Need Needy Pair Parts Poor Price Pure Refuse Sandals Sell Selling Shoes Silver Sweepings Waste WheatAmos 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. (6) On this perverse straining of the Law, comp. Amos 2:6. Their money-making propensity was carried to such unscrupulous lengths, that they even sold the refuse of corn, little better than mere chaff.Verse 6. - Buy the poor for silver (comp. Amos 2:6). The probable meaning is that they so reduced the poor marl by their exactions and injustice, that he was compelled to pay his debt by selling himself into slavery (Leviticus 25:39; Deuteronomy 15:12). For a pair of shoes. For the smallest debt they would deal in this harsh manner. The refuse; literally, that which fell through the sieve; Septuagint, Ἀπὸ παντὸς γεννήματος ἐμπορευσόμεθα, "We will trade in every kind of produce;" Vulgate, Quisquilias frumenti vendamus, "Let us sell the refuse of corn." Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Let us buyלִקְנ֤וֹת (liq·nō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 7069: To erect, create, to procure, by purchase, to own the poor דַּלִּ֔ים (dal·lîm) Adjective - masculine plural construct Strong's 1800: Dangling, weak, thin with silver בַּכֶּ֙סֶף֙ (bak·ke·sep̄) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3701: Silver, money and the needy וְאֶבְי֖וֹן (wə·’eḇ·yō·wn) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 34: In want, needy, poor for בַּעֲב֣וּר (ba·‘ă·ḇūr) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5668: Crossed, transit, on account of, in order that a pair of sandals, נַעֲלָ֑יִם (na·‘ă·lā·yim) Noun - fd Strong's 5275: A sandal tongue, a sandal, slipper selling נַשְׁבִּֽיר׃ (naš·bîr) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common plural Strong's 7666: To deal in grain even the chaff וּמַפַּ֥ל (ū·map·pal) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4651: A falling off, chaff, something pendulous, a flap with the wheat!” בַּ֖ר (bar) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1250: Grain, the open country Links Amos 8:6 NIVAmos 8:6 NLT Amos 8:6 ESV Amos 8:6 NASB Amos 8:6 KJV Amos 8:6 BibleApps.com Amos 8:6 Biblia Paralela Amos 8:6 Chinese Bible Amos 8:6 French Bible Amos 8:6 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Amos 8:6 That we may buy the poor (Amo. 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