Amos 8:6New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— So as to buy the helpless for money And the needy for a pair of sandals, And [that] we may sell the refuse of the wheat?”
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; [yea], and sell the refuse of the wheat?
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; and even sell the refuse of the wheat?
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; and that we may sell the refuse of the wheat.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Who buy—for silver—the poor, and the needy for a pair of shoes,—and that the refuse of the grain we may sell.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— To purchase with money the poor, And the needy for a pair of sandals, Yea, the refuse of the pure corn we sell.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— That we may possess the needy for money, and the poor for a pair of shoes, and may sell the refuse of the corn?
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— That we may buy the poore for siluer, and the needie for shooes: yea, and sell the refuse of the wheate.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— That wee may buy the poore for siluer, & the needie for a paire of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheate?
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— That we may sell to the poor for silver, and pay the needy with the refuse of the wheat, and sell the refuse which is left on the floor of the storehouses.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for shoes; and we will trade in every kind of fruit.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— 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
7069 {7069} Primeקָנָהqanah{kaw-naw'}
A primitive root; to erect, that is, create; by extension to procure, especially by purchase (causatively sell); by implication to own.
z8800 <8800> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Infinitive (See H8812) Count - 4888
the poor
1800 {1800} Primeדַּלdal{dal}
From H1809; properly dangling, that is, (by implication) weak or thin.
for silver,
3701 {3701} Primeכֶּסֶףkeceph{keh'-sef}
From H3700; silver (from its pale color); by implication money.
and the needy
34 {0034} Primeאֶבְיוֹן'ebyown{eb-yone'}
From H0014, in the sense of want (especially in feeling); destitute.
for
x5668 (5668) Complementבַּעֲבוּר`abuwr{aw-boor'}
Passive participle of H5674; properly crossed, that is, (abstractly) transit; used only adverbially on account of, in order that.
a pair of shoes;
5275 {5275} Primeנַעַלna`al{nah'-al}
From H5274; properly a sandal tongue; by extension a sandal or slipper (sometimes as a symbol of occupancy, a refusal to marry, or of something valueless).
[ yea], and sell
7666 {7666} Primeשָׁבַרshabar{shaw-bar'}
Denominative from H7668; to deal in grain.
z8686 <8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 4046
the refuse
4651 {4651} Primeמַפָּלmappal{map-pawl'}
From H5307; a falling off, that is, chaff; also something pendulous, that is, a flap.
of the wheat?
1250 {1250} Primeבָּרbar{bawr}
From H1305 (in the sense of winnowing); grain of any kind (even while standing in the field); by extension the open country. |
Amos 8:6
_ _ buy ... poor for silver ... pair of shoes — that is, that we may compel the needy for money, or any other thing of however little worth, to sell themselves to us as bondmen, in defiance of Leviticus 25:39; the very thing which brings down God’s judgment (Amos 2:6).
_ _ sell the refuse of ... wheat — which contains no nutriment, but which the poor eat at a low price, being unable to pay for flour. |
Amos 8:6
That we may buy — They would have new moons and sabbaths over, that they might go to market to buy the poor. And when these poor owed but for a very little commodity, as suppose a pair of shoes, these merciless men would take the advantage against them, and make them sell themselves to pay the debt. The refuse — This was another kind of oppression, corrupted wares, sold to those that were necessitous. |
Amos 8:4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
Amos 2:6 Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away [ the punishment] thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
Leviticus 25:39- 42 And if thy brother [ that dwelleth] by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant: ... For they [ are] my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
Nehemiah 5:1- 5 And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. ... Yet now our flesh [ is] as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and [ some] of our daughters are brought unto bondage [ already]: neither [ is it] in our power [ to redeem them]; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
Nehemiah 5:8 And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing [ to answer].
Joel 3:3 And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
Joel 3:6 The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border.
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