Amos 8:4-6
New King James Version
4 Hear this, you who [a]swallow up the needy,
And make the poor of the land fail,
5 Saying:
“When will the New Moon be past,
That we may sell grain?
And (A)the Sabbath,
That we may [b]trade wheat?
(B)Making the ephah small and the shekel large,
Falsifying the scales by (C)deceit,
6 That we may buy the poor for (D)silver,
And the needy for a pair of sandals—
Even sell the bad wheat?”
Amos 8:4-6
Authorized (King James) Version
4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy,
even to make the poor of the land to fail,
5 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?
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?
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