Amos 8:6 — compare English translations
Compare translationsAmos 8:6 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
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World English Bible Public Domain
That we may buy the poor for silver, And the needy for a pair of shoes, And sell the sweepings with the wheat?'"
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King James Version Public Domain
That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
This is so we can sell bad wheat, buy the poor with silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).