Amos 8:6Vote For Amos 8:6

King James Version (KJV)
That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
American Standard Version (ASV)
that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
World English Bible (WEB)
that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the sweepings with the wheat?'"

Amos 8:6 Cross References

And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant: But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubilee. And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return. For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live. Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth. There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards. Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.
Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes;
Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,