American Standard Version
"that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat? "
— Amos 8:6, American Standard Version
“That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?”
“that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the sweepings with the wheat?'"”
“We’re eager to trade silver for the poor, a pair of sandals for the needy! We want to mix in some chaff with the grain!””
“That we may possess the needy for money, and the poor for a pair of shoes, and may sell the refuse of the corn?”
“Getting the poor for silver, and him who is in need for the price of two shoes, and taking a price for the waste parts of the grain.”
“That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?”
And the songs of the temple shall be wailings in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah: the dead bodies shall be many; in every place shall they cast them forth with silence.
Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;
that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
Jehovah hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? yea, it shall rise up wholly like the River; and it shall be troubled and sink again, like the River of Egypt.
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.