Amos 8:4-6
Holman Christian Standard Bible
4 Hear this, you who trample on the needy(A)
and do away with the poor of the land,(B)
5 asking, “When will the New Moon be over
so we may sell grain,(C)
and the Sabbath,
so we may market wheat?(D)
We can reduce the measure
while increasing the price[a]
and cheat with dishonest scales.(E)
6 We can buy the poor with silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals(F)
and even sell the chaff!”
Footnotes
- Amos 8:5 Lit reduce the ephah and make the shekel great
Amos 8:4-6
New International Version
5 saying,
“When will the New Moon(C) be over
that we may sell grain,
and the Sabbath be ended
that we may market(D) wheat?”(E)—
skimping on the measure,
boosting the price
and cheating(F) with dishonest scales,(G)
6 buying the poor(H) with silver
and the needy for a pair of sandals,
selling even the sweepings with the wheat.(I)
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