NET Bible
"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!”"
— Amos 8:6, NET Bible
“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 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?'"”
“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?”
The women singing in the temple will wail in that day.” The Sovereign LORD is speaking.“There will be many corpses littered everywhere! Be quiet!”
Listen to this, you who trample the needy, and do away with the destitute in the land.
You say,“When will the new moon festival be over, so we can sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, so we can open up the grain bins? We’re eager to sell less for a higher price, and to cheat the buyer with rigged scales!
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!”
The LORD confirms this oath by the arrogance of Jacob:“I swear I will never forget all you have done!
Because of this the earth will quake, and all who live in it will mourn. The whole earth will rise like the River Nile, it will surge upward and then grow calm, like the Nile in Egypt.
In that day,” says the Sovereign LORD,“I will make the sun set at noon, and make the earth dark in the middle of the day.