That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
WEB
Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”
YLT
To purchase with money the poor, And the needy for a pair of sandals, Yea, the refuse of the pure corn we sell.
DBT
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.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentAmos — A herdsman of Tekoa sent north to Bethel — a shepherd-prophet preaching judgment on a prosperous, comfortable, oppressive society. ‘Let justice roll down.’
- Author
- Amos, a herdman of Tekoa in Judah, sent to Israel at Bethel (1:1, 7:14)
- Date
- c. 760–750 BC, during the reigns of Uzziah in Judah and Jeroboam II in Israel