Devine Scripture

Amos 2:6

Amos chapter 2 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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—

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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—

Context

v.5But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.

v.6This passage

v.7they that pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father go unto the same maiden, to profane my holy name:

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ezekiel 23:5

    And Oholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors,

  • Joel 3:3

    and have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.

  • Joel 3:6

    and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem unto the sons of the Grecians, that ye may remove them far from their border;

  • Hosea 4:1

    Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.

  • Amos 8:4

    Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,

  • Hosea 7:7

    They are all hot as an oven, and devour their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.