Amos 8:6 - Revised Version 1885 that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 in order to buy the needy for silver and the helpless for sandals, and sell garbage as grain?” Catholic Public Domain Version 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?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That we may possess the needy for money, and the poor for a pair of shoes, and may sell the refuse of the corn? |