Amos 2:7 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

⁷ 5 And he that holdeth the bow shall not stand, and the swift of foot shall not escape, neither shall the rider of the horse save his life.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁷ They pant after [the sight of] the poor [reduced to such misery that they will be throwing] dust of the earth on their heads [in token of their grief]; they defraud and turn aside the humble [who are too meek to defend themselves]; and a man and his father will have sexual relations with the same maiden, so that My holy name is profaned.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁷ they 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 go unto the same maiden, to profane my holy name:

Common English Bible

⁷ They crush the head of the poor into the dust of the earth, and push the afflicted out of the way. Father and son have intercourse with the same young woman, degrading my holy name.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁷ They grind the heads of the poor into the dust of the earth, and they divert the way of the humble. And the son, as well as his father, have gone to the same girl, so that they outrage my holy name.

Amos 2:7 Cross References

2 Samuel 12:14

9 But when David saw his servants whispering, he understood that the child was dead: and he said to his servants: Is the child dead? They answered him: He is dead.

1 Kings 21:4

And this was the tenor of the letters: Proclaim a fast, and make Naboth sit among the chief of the people,

Proverbs 28:21

8 When the wicked rise up, men shall hide themselves: when they perish, the lust shall be multiplied.

Isaiah 10:1

Are not my princes as so many kings ? is not Calano as Charcamis: and Emath as Arphad? is not Samaria as Damascus?

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 3:14

2 And changes of apparel, and short cloaks, and fine linen, and crisping pins,

Isaiah 3:15

3 And looking-glasses, and lawns, and headbands, and fine veils.

Ezekiel 22:11

9 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Because you are all turned into dress, therefore behold I will gather you together in the midst of Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 36:20

8 And you shall dwell in the land which I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.

Hosea 4:14

I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now Ephraim hath committed fornication, Israel is defiled.

Leviticus 18:15

0 Thou shalt not lie with thy neighbour's wife, nor be defiled with mingling of seed.

Leviticus 18:21

6 Keep ye my ordinances and my judgments, and do not any of these abominations: neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you.

Leviticus 18:8

3 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: because she is thy mother's flesh.

Leviticus 20:3

Keep my precepts, and do them. I am the Lord that sanctify you.

Amos 4:1

I struck you with a burning wind, and with mildew, the palmerworm hath eaten up your many gardens, and your vineyards: your olive groves, and fig groves: yet you returned not to me, saith the Lord.

Amos 5:11

9 As if a man should flee from the face of a lion, and a bear should meet him: or enter into the house, and lean with his hand upon the wall, and a serpent should bite him.

Amos 5:12

0 Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light: and obscurity, and no brightness in it?

Amos 8:4

2 And they shall move from sea to sea, and from the north to the east: they shall go about seeking the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.

Micah 2:2

0 Arise ye, and depart, for there is no rest here for you. For that uncleanness of the land, it shall be corrupted with a grievous corruption.

Micah 2:9

Then shall they cry to the Lord, and he will not hear them: and he will hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved wickedly in their devices.

Zephaniah 3:3

1 In that day thou shalt not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee thy proud boasters, and thou shalt no more be lifted up because of my holy mountain.

Romans 2:24

For what if some of them have not believed? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? God forbid.

1 Corinthians 5:1

0 I mean not with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or the extortioners, or the servers of idols; otherwise you must needs go out of this world.