Amos 8:6 - Easy To Read Version

⁶ \{The poor people can’t pay their loans,\}\par so we will buy them as slaves.\par We will buy those helpless people\par for the price of a pair of shoes.\par Oh, and we can sell the wheat\par that was spilled on the floor.”\par

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ That we may buy [into slavery] the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals; yes, and sell the refuse of the wheat [as if it were good grade]?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

Common English Bible

⁶ in order to buy the needy for silver and the helpless for sandals, and sell garbage as grain?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ in order that we may possess the destitute with money, and the poor for a pair of shoes, and may sell even the refuse of the grain?"

Amos 8:6 Referencias Cruzadas

Amos 2:6

The Lord says this: “I will definitely punish Israel for the many crimes they did. {\cf2\super [37]} Why? Because they sold good, \{innocent\} people for a little silver. They sold poor people for the price of a pair of shoes.

Amos 8:4

Listen to me!\par You people walk on helpless people.\par You are trying to destroy the poor people of this country.\par

Joel 3:6

“You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks. That way, you could take them far from their land.

Joel 3:3

They threw lots {\cf2\super [25]} for my people. They sold a boy to buy a prostitute. {\cf2\super [26]} And they sold a girl to buy wine to drink. They even …

Nehemiah 5:8

And I said to those people, “Our Jewish brothers were sold as slaves to people in other countries. We did our best to buy them back and make them free. And now, you are selling them like slaves again!”

Amos 4:1

Listen to me, you cows of Bashan {\cf2\super [48]} on Samaria’s mountain. You hurt poor people. You crush those poor people. You tell your husbands, {\cf2\super [49]} “Bring us something to drink!”

Ezekiel 22:12

“‘In Jerusalem, you men take money to kill people. You people lend money and charge interest on those loans. You people cheat their neighbors just to make a little money. And you people have forgotten me.’ The Lord my Master said these things.

Zechariah 5:6

I said, “I don’t know—what is it?”