Amos 5:11

Amos 5:11 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

11You levy a straw tax on the poor

and impose a tax on their grain.

Therefore, though you have built stone mansions,

you will not live in them;

though you have planted lush vineyards,

you will not drink their wine.

11Therefore because you impose heavy 5:11 Or taxrent on the poor

And take a tribute of grain from them,

Though you have built houses of cut stone,

Yet you will not live in them;

You have planted beautiful vineyards, yet you will not drink their wine.

11Therefore because you impose heavy rent on the poor

And exact a tribute of grain from them,

Though you have built houses of well-hewn stone,

Yet you will not live in them;

You have planted pleasant vineyards, yet you will not drink their wine.

11Therefore, because you impose heavy rent on the poor

And demand a tribute (food-tax) of grain from them,

Though you have built [luxurious] houses of square stone,

You will not live in them;

You have planted beautiful vineyards, but you will not drink their wine.

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.

11You make poor people pay tax on their straw.

You also tax their grain.

So, even though you have built stone houses,

you won’t live in them.

You have planted fruitful vineyards.

But you won’t drink the wine they produce.