The Basket of Summer Fruit
Amos 8:4
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,
- KJV
- ¶ Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
- WEB
- Hear this, you who desire to swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
- ASV
- Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
- LSV
- Hear this, you who are swallowing up the needy, || To cause the poor of the land to cease,
- YLT
- Hear this, ye who are swallowing up the needy, To cause to cease the poor of the land,
- DBY
- Hear this, ye that pant after the needy, even to cause to fail the poor of the land,
- DRC
- Hear this, you that crush the poor, and make the needy of the land to fail,
- GNV
- Heare this, O yee that swallowe vp the poore, that ye may make the needie of the lande to fayle,
- JPS
- Hear this, O ye that would swallow the needy, and destroy the poor of the land,
- LXXE
- Hear now this, ye that oppress the poor in the morning, and drive the needy ones by tyranny from the earth,
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- Written (Ketiv): עַנְוֵי (“[the] humble [people] of”). Read aloud (Qere): עֲנִיֵּי (“[the] afflicted [people] of”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads עֲנִוֵּי־; read aloud (Qere) reads עֲנִיֵּי (“[the] afflicted [people] of”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- שִׁמְעוּ־זֹ֕את הַשֹּׁאֲפִ֖ים אֶבְי֑וֹן וְלַשְׁבִּ֖ית ענוי־אָֽרֶץ׃Read aloud as (qere): עֲנִיֵּי
- LXX-Br
- Ἀκούσατε δὴ ταῦτα οἱ ἐκτρίβοντες εἰς τοπρωῒ πένητα, καὶ καταδυναστεύοντες πτωχοὺς ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς,
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◆ Prophecies of Amos
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Cross-references most cited first
- Proverbs 30:14there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.
- Psalms 14:4Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.
- Amos 5:11Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.
- Isaiah 32:6–7For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink. The weapons of the scoundrel are…
- Psalms 12:5“For the cause of the oppressed and for the groaning of the needy, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will bring safety to him who yearns.”
- Psalms 140:12I know that the LORD upholds justice for the poor and defends the cause of the needy.
- Amos 2:6–7This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals. They trample on the heads of…
- James 5:6You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.
- Matthew 23:13Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
- Jeremiah 5:21“Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.
- 1 Kings 22:19Micaiah continued, “Therefore hear the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left.
- Psalms 56:1Be merciful to me, O God, for men are hounding me; all day they press their attack.
- Jeremiah 28:15Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah! The LORD did not send you, but you have persuaded this people to trust in a lie.
- Amos 7:16Now, therefore, hear the word of the LORD. You say: ‘Do not prophesy against Israel; do not preach against the house of Isaac.’
- Isaiah 28:14Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 1:10Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).