11 They crush olives among the terraces[a];
    they tread the winepresses,(A) yet suffer thirst.(B)

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  1. Job 24:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

11 Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

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11 They press out oil within their walls,
And tread winepresses, yet suffer thirst.

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11 among the olive rows of the wicked[a] they make oil;
    they tread the winepresses, but suffer thirst.

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  1. Job 24:11 Hebrew their olive rows

11 You levy a straw tax on the poor(A)
    and impose a tax on their grain.
Therefore, though you have built stone mansions,(B)
    you will not live in them;(C)
though you have planted lush vineyards,
    you will not drink their wine.(D)

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11 Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

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11 (A)Therefore, because you [a]tread down the poor
And take grain [b]taxes from him,
Though (B)you have built houses of hewn stone,
Yet you shall not dwell in them;
You have planted [c]pleasant vineyards,
But you shall not drink wine from them.

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  1. Amos 5:11 trample
  2. Amos 5:11 Or tribute
  3. Amos 5:11 desirable

11 Therefore because you (A)trample on[a] the poor
    and you exact taxes of grain from him,
(B)you have built houses of hewn stone,
    but you shall not dwell in them;
(C)you have planted pleasant vineyards,
    but you shall not drink their wine.

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  1. Amos 5:11 Or you tax

13 Their wealth will be plundered,(A)
    their houses demolished.
Though they build houses,
    they will not live in them;
though they plant vineyards,
    they will not drink the wine.”(B)

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13 Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.

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13 Therefore their goods shall become booty,
And their houses a desolation;
They shall build houses, but not inhabit them;
They shall plant vineyards, but (A)not drink their wine.”

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13 Their goods shall be (A)plundered,
    and their houses laid waste.
(B)Though they build houses,
    they shall not inhabit them;
(C)though they plant vineyards,
    they shall not drink wine from them.”

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