Amos 2:6 - Modern English Version

⁶ Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment, because they sell the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of sandals.

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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.

Amos 2:6 Tagairtí Cros

2 Kings 18:11

Then the king of Assyria exiled Israel to Assyria and put them in Halah and in Habor by the River of Gozan and in the cities of the Medes,

2 Kings 18:12

because they did not obey the voice of the Lord their God, but transgressed His covenant and all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded, and would not obey or do them.

Isaiah 10:2

to turn aside the needy from justice and to take away the right from the poor of My people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!

Isaiah 29:21

those who cause a man to be indicted by a word, and lay a snare for him who reproves in the gate, and turn aside the righteous with meaningless arguments.

Ezekiel 22:13

Behold, therefore, I have struck My hand toward your dishonest gain which you have made, and toward your blood which has been in your midst.

Joel 3:3

They have cast lots for My people, and have traded a boy for a prostitute; they have sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.

Joel 3:6

You have sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks in order to remove them far from their border.

Zechariah 11:5

The ones who buy them then slaughter them and have no guilt, and those who sell them say, “Blessed is the Lord because I am rich.” Their own shepherds do not take pity on them.