Amos 2:6 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁶ 4 And flight shall perish from the swift, and the valiant shall not possess his strength, neither shall the strong save his life.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Israel and for four [for multiplied delinquencies], I will not reverse the punishment of it or revoke My word concerning it, because they have sold the [strictly] just and uncompromisingly righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals;

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes—

Common English Bible

⁶ The LORD proclaims: For three crimes of Israel, and for four, I won’t hold back the punishment, because they have sold the innocent for silver, and those in need for a pair of sandals.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ Thus says the Lord: For three wicked deeds of Israel, and for four, I will not convert him, in so far as he has sold the just for silver and the poor for shoes.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ Thus saith the Lord: For three crimes of Israel, and for four I will not convert him: because he hath sold the just man for silver, and the poor man for a pair of shoes.

Amos 2:6 Cross References

2 Kings 18:11

6 At that time Ezechias broke the doors of the temple of the Lord, and the plates of gold which he had fastened on them, and gave them to the king of the Assyrians.

2 Kings 18:12

7 And the king of the Assyrians sent Tharthan and Rabsaris, and Rabsaces from Lachis to king Ezechias with a strong army to Jerusalem: and they went up and came to Jerusalem, and they stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the way of the fuller's field.

Isaiah 10:2

0 As my hand hath found the king- dome of the idol, so also their idols of Jerusalem, and of Samaria.

Isaiah 29:21

They were all confounded at a people that could not profit them: they were no help, nor to any profit, but to confusion and to reproach.

Ezekiel 22:13

1 And I will gather you together, and will burn you in the fire of my wrath, and you shall be melted in the midst thereof.

Joel 3:3

1 Break forth, and come, all ye nations, from round about, and gather yourselves together: there will the Lord cause all thy strong ones to fall down.

Joel 3:6

4 Nations, nations in the valley of destruction: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of destruction.

Zechariah 11:5

3 And the Lord said to me: Cast it to the statuary, a handsome price, that I was prized at by them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and I cast them into the house of the Lord to the statuary.