Amos 8:4
Strong's Lexicon
Hear
שִׁמְעוּ־ (šim·‘ū-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8085: v 1) to hear, listen to, obey 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to hear (perceive by ear) 1a2) to hear of or concerning 1a3) to hear (have power to hear) 1a4) to hear with attention or interest, listen to 1a5) to understand (language) 1a6) to hear (of judicial cases) 1a7) to listen, give heed 1a7a) to consent, agree 1a7b) to grant request 1a8) to listen to, yield to 1a9) to obey, be obedient 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be heard (of voice or sound) 1b2) to be heard of 1b3) to be regarded, be obeyed 1c) (Piel) to cause to hear, call to hear, summon 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to hear, tell, proclaim, utter a sound 1d2) to sound aloud (musical term) 1d3) to make proclamation, summon 1d4) to cause to be heard n m 2) sound

this,
זֹ֕את (zōṯ)
Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2063: 1) this, this one, here, which, this...that, the one...the other, such 1a) (alone) 1a1) this one 1a2) this...that, the one...the other, another 1b) (appos to subst) 1b1) this 1c) (as predicate) 1c1) this, such 1d) (enclitically) 1d1) then 1d2) who, whom 1d3) how now, what now 1d4) what now 1d5) wherefore now 1d6) behold here 1d7) just now 1d8) now, now already 1e) (poetry) 1e1) wherein, which, those who 1f) (with prefixes) 1f1) in this (place) here, then 1f2) on these conditions, herewith, thus provided, by, through this, for this cause, in this matter 1f3) thus and thus 1f4) as follows, things such as these, accordingly, to that effect, in like manner, thus and thus 1f5) from here, hence, on one side...on the other side 1f6) on this account 1f7) in spite of this, which, whence, how

you who trample
הַשֹּׁאֲפִ֖ים (haš·šō·’ă·p̄îm)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7602: 1) to gasp, pant, pant after, long for, breathe heavily 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to gasp, pant after, snuff up 1a2) to gasp or pant (with desire), pant after, be eager for 1a3) to thirst for one's blood (from actions of animals) (fig) 2) to crush, trample, trample upon 2a) (Qal) to trample upon, crush

on the needy,
אֶבְי֑וֹן (’eḇ·yō·wn)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 34: 1) in want, needy, chiefly poor, needy person 2) subject to oppression and abuse 3) needing help, deliverance from trouble, especially as delivered by God 4) general reference to lowest class

who do away with
וְלַשְׁבִּ֖ית (wə·laš·bîṯ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 7673: 1) to cease, desist, rest 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to cease 1a2) to rest, desist (from labour) 1b) (Niphal) to cease 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to cause to cease, put an end to 1c2) to exterminate, destroy 1c3) to cause to desist from 1c4) to remove 1c5) to cause to fail 2) (Qal) to keep or observe the sabbath

the poor
(עֲנִיֵּי־) (‘ă·nî·yê-)
Adjective - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6035: 1) poor, humble, afflicted, meek 1a) poor, needy 1b) poor and weak 1c) poor, weak and afflicted 1d) humble, lowly, meek

of the land,
אָֽרֶץ׃ (’ā·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6041: 1) poor, afflicted, humble, wretched 1a) poor, needy 1b) poor and weak 1c) poor, weak, afflicted, wretched 1d) humble, lowly

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,

Young's Literal Translation
Hear this, ye who are swallowing up the needy, To cause to cease 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,

New American Standard Bible
Hear this, you who trample the needy, to do away with the humble 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,
Parallel Verses
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,

New American Standard Bible
Hear this, you who trample the needy, to do away with the humble 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,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Hear this, you who trample on the needy and do away with the poor of the land,

International Standard Version
"Hear this, you who are swallowing up the needy, who intend to make the poor of the land fail,

NET Bible
Listen to this, you who trample the needy, and do away with the destitute in the land.

American Standard Version
Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor 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,

Young's Literal Translation
Hear this, ye who are swallowing up the needy, To cause to cease the poor of the land,
















Cross References
Job 24:4
They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

Psalm 14:4
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.

Proverbs 30:14
There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

Ezekiel 45:10
Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath.

Amos 2:7
That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:

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.

Amos 5:12
For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

Micah 2:2
And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

Amos 1:1
The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.

Amos 8:3
And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.

Amos 8:2
And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.
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