NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon Forasmuchya`an (yah'-an) heed; by implication, purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause therefore as your treading bashac (baw-shas') to trample down -- tread. is upon the poor dal (dal) dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thin -- lean, needy, poor (man), weaker. and ye take laqach (law-kakh') to take (in the widest variety of applications) from him burdens mas'eth (mas-ayth') burden, collection, sign of fire, (great) flame, gift, lifting up, mess, oblation, reward. of wheat bar (bawr) grain of any kind (even while standing in the field); by extens. the open country -- corn, wheat. ye have built banah (baw-naw') to build (literally and figuratively) -- (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), surely. houses bayith (bah'-yith) a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) of hewn stone gaziyth (gaw-zeeth') something cut, i.e. dressed stone -- hewed, hewn stone, wrought. but ye shall not dwell yashab (yaw-shab') to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry in them ye have planted nata` (naw-tah') to strike in, i.e. fix; specifically, to plant -- fastened, plant(-er). pleasant chemed (kheh'-med) delight -- desirable, pleasant. vineyards kerem (keh'-rem) a garden or vineyard -- vines, (increase of the) vineyard(-s), vintage. but ye shall not drink shathah (shaw-thaw') to imbibe -- assuredly, banquet, certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk (-ard), surely. wine yayin (yah'-yin) wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication -- banqueting, wine, wine(-bibber). of them Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible Therefore because you impose heavy rent on the poor And exact a tribute of grain from them, Though you have built houses of well-hewn stone, Yet you will not live in them; You have planted pleasant vineyards, yet you will not drink their wine. King James Bible 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact a grain tax from him, you will never live in the houses of cut stone you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted. International Standard Version Therefore, since you trample the poor continuously, taxing his grain, building houses of stone in which you won't live and planting fine vineyards from which you won't drink— NET Bible Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops and exact a grain tax from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted. GOD'S WORD® Translation You trample on the poor and take their wheat from them for taxes. That is why you build houses from hand-cut stones, but you will not live in them. You plant beautiful vineyards, but you will not drink their wine. King James 2000 Bible Since therefore you tread upon the poor, and you take from him burdens of wheat: you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink wine of them. Links Amos 5:11Amos 5:11 NIV Amos 5:11 NLT Amos 5:11 ESV Amos 5:11 NASB Amos 5:11 KJV |
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