Amos 8:6

That wee may buy the poore for siluer, & the needie for a paire of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheate?
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

So 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?"
- New American Standard Version (1995)

that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?
- American Standard Version (1901)

Getting the poor for silver, and him who is in need for the price of two shoes, and taking a price for the waste parts of the grain.
- Basic English Bible

that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; and that we may sell the refuse of the wheat.
- Darby Bible

That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; and even sell the refuse of the wheat?
- Webster's Bible

that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the sweepings with the wheat?'"
- World English Bible

To purchase with money the poor, And the needy for a pair of sandals, Yea, the refuse of the pure corn we sell.
- Youngs Literal Bible

That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the corn?'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

Wesley's Notes for Amos 8:6

8:6 That we may buy - They would have new moons and sabbaths over, that they might go to market to buy the poor. And when these poor owed but for a very little commodity, as suppose a pair of shoes, these merciless men would take the advantage against them, and make them sell themselves to pay the debt. The refuse - This was another kind of oppression, corrupted wares, sold to those that were necessitous.