Amos 8:6
That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?In other versions
that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
ASV
Getting the poor for silver, and him who is in need for the price of two shoes, and taking a price for the waste parts of the grain.
BBE
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.
DBY
That we may buy the poor for silver, And the needy for a pair of shoes, And sell the sweepings with the wheat?'"
WEB
To purchase with money the poor, And the needy for a pair of sandals, Yea, the refuse of the pure corn we sell.
YLT
That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
ENG
That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; and even sell the refuse of the wheat?
WBT
Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!”
BSB
In context
4Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
5Saying, 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?
6That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
7The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
8Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.