Amos 8:6

King James Version (KJV)

That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

Translations

Amos 8:6 - Amplified Bible

That we may buy [into slavery] the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals; yes, and sell the refuse of the wheat [as if it were good grade]?

Amos 8:6 - American Standard Version

that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

Amos 8:6 - Bible in Basic English

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.

Amos 8:6 - Darby Bible

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.

Amos 8:6 - English Standard Version

that we may buy the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals and sell the chaff of the wheat?"

Amos 8:6 - King James Version

That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

Amos 8:6 - La Biblia de las Americas

para comprar por dinero a los desvalidos
y a los pobres por un par de sandalias,
y vender los desechos del trigo?

Amos 8:6 - The Message

Amos 8:6 - New American Standard Bible

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?"

Amos 8:6 - Nueva Biblia Latinoamericana de Hoy

Para comprar por dinero a los desvalidos
Y a los pobres por un par de sandalias,
Y vender los desechos del trigo?"

Amos 8:6 - World English Bible

that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

Amos 8:6 - Young's Living Translation

To purchase with money the poor, And the needy for a pair of sandals, Yea, the refuse of the pure corn we sell.

Amos 8:6 - Additional Comments

Here's they even combine abuse of the needy with dishonest gain.

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