King James 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?"
— Amos 8:6, King James Version
“that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, 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 howlings in that day, saith the Lord God: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
The Lord 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? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord God, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day: