Amos 8:4
What does Amos 8:4 mean?
A plain-English look at Amos 8:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
KJV
King James Version · 1611Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Give ear to this, you who are crushing the poor, and whose purpose is to put an end to those who are in need in the land,
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Hear this, ye who are swallowing up the needy, To cause to cease the poor of the land,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Hear this, you that crush the poor, and make the needy of the land to fail,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Hear this, ye that pant after the needy, even to cause to fail the poor of the land,
Context
v.3And the songs of the temple shall be wailings in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah: the dead bodies shall be many; in every place shall they cast them forth with silence.
v.4This passage
v.5saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 30:14
There is a generation whose teeth areasswords, and their jaw teethasknives, To devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
- Amos 2:6
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—
- Psalms 140:12
I know that Jehovah will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the needy.
- Amos 5:11
Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink the wine thereof.
- Matthew 23:13
But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter.
- Psalms 12:5
Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; I will set him in the safety he panteth for.
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