Amos 2:6
King James Version (KJV)
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;
Translations
Amos 2:6 - Amplified Bible
Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Israel and for four [for multiplied delinquencies], I will not reverse the punishment of it {or} revoke My word concerning it, because they have sold the [strictly] just {and} uncompromisingly righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals;
Amos 2:6 - American Standard Version
Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, yea, for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes-
Amos 2:6 - Bible in Basic English
These are the words of the Lord: For three crimes of Israel, and for four, I will not let its fate be changed; because they have given the upright man for silver, and the poor for the price of two shoes;
Amos 2:6 - Darby Bible
Thus saith Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke its sentence; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes;
Amos 2:6 - English Standard Version
Thus says the
Amos 2:6 - King James Version
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;
Amos 2:6 - La Biblia de las Americas
Asì dice el SEÑOR:
Por tres transgresiones de Israel, y por cuatro,
no revocaré su castigo,
porque venden al justo por dinero
y al necesitado por un par de sandalias.
Amos 2:6 - The Message
God’s Message: "Because of the three great sins of Israel
—make that four—I’m not putting up with them any longer.
They buy and sell upstanding people.
People for them are only things—ways of making money.
They’d sell a poor man for a pair of shoes.
They’d sell their own grandmother!
They grind the penniless into the dirt,
shove the luckless into the ditch.
Everyone and his brother sleeps with the ’sacred whore’—
a sacrilege against my Holy Name.
Stuff they’ve extorted from the poor
is piled up at the shrine of their god,
While they sit around drinking wine
they’ve conned from their victims.
Amos 2:6 - New American Standard Bible
Thus says the LORD, "For three transgressions of Israel and for four I will not revoke its {punishment,} Because they sell the righteous for money And the needy for a pair of sandals.
Amos 2:6 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy
Asì dice el SEÑOR:
"Por tres transgresiones de Israel, y por cuatro,
No revocaré su castigo,
Porque venden al justo por dinero
Y al necesitado por un par de sandalias.
Amos 2:6 - World English Bible
Thus says Yahweh: For three transgressions of Israel, yes, for four, I will not turn away the punishment of it; because they have sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes
Amos 2:6 - Young's Living Translation
Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Israel, And for four, I do not reverse it, Because of their selling for silver the righteous, And the needy for a pair of sandals.
Amos 2:6 - Additional Comments
Israel is the northern kingdom.
They are being reproved for numerous failing, including mistreating people, sexual sin, mistreating the altar, drunkenness, and not allowing the prophets to prophesy. We see in the rest of chapter 2 and in chapter 3 some of the results of their sin, particularly that their palaces would be torn down (3:11).
Amos is delivering these messages in Bethel of the northern kingdom. He is speaking in the king's chapel. Up until this time he was speaking about other areas, but now he hits home with those who are present.
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