Amos 8:6

Amos 8:6 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

6buying the poor with silver

and the needy for a pair of sandals,

selling even the sweepings with the wheat.

6So as to buy the helpless for 8:6 Lit silvermoney,

And the needy for a pair of sandals,

And that we may sell the refuse of the wheat?”

6So as to buy the helpless for money

And the needy for a pair of sandals,

And that we may sell the refuse of the wheat?”

6So that we may buy the poor [as slaves] for silver [since they are unable to support themselves]

And the 8:6 See 2:6.needy for a pair of sandals,

And that we may sell the leftovers of the wheat [as if it were a good grade of grain]?”

6Let us buy the poor with silver

and the needy for a pair of sandals,

selling even the chaff with the wheat!”

6You buy poor people to make slaves out of them.

You buy those who are in need for a mere pair of sandals.

You even sell the worthless parts of your wheat.