Devine Scripture

Amos 8:5

Amos chapter 8 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

saying, 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;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

saying, 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;

Context

v.4Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,

v.5This passage

v.6that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

Cross references

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

  • Hosea 12:7

    He isa trafficker, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.

  • Romans 8:6

    For the mind of the flesh is death; but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace:

  • Micah 6:10

    Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure that is abominable?

  • 2 Kings 4:23

    And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to-day? it is neither new moon nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.

  • Numbers 28:11

    And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt-offering unto Jehovah: two young bullocks, and one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish;

  • Psalms 81:3

    Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast-day.