Amos 2:8

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

'They stretch out beside every altar on garments taken in pledge, and in the house of their gods they drink wine taken as fines.'

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    They lie down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    and they lay themselves down{H5186} beside{H681} every altar{H4196} upon clothes{H899} taken in pledge;{H2254} and in the house{H1004} of their God{H430} they drink{H8354} the wine{H3196} of such as have been fined.{H6064}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And they lay themselves down{H5186}{(H8686)} upon clothes{H899} laid to pledge{H2254}{(H8803)} by{H681} every altar{H4196}, and they drink{H8354}{(H8799)} the wine{H3196} of the condemned{H6064}{(H8803)} in the house{H1004} of their god{H430}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    they lye besyde euery aulter vpon clothes taken to pledge, and in the house of their goddes they drynke the wyne of the oppressed.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And they lye downe vpon clothes layde to pledge by euery altar: and they drinke the wine of the condemned in the house of their God.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And they lye vpon clothes layde to pledge by euery aulter: and in the house of their god, they drinke the wine of the condempned.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And they lay [themselves] down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned [in] the house of their god.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    And they lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge; And in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And on pledged garments they stretch themselves near every altar, And the wine of fined ones they drink `in' the house of their gods.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of such as have been fined.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of such as have been fined.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    By every altar they are stretched on clothing taken from those who are in their debt, drinking in the house of their god the wine of those who have made payment for wrongdoing.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    and they lay themselves down beside every altar on clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    They stretch out on clothing seized as collateral; they do so right beside every altar! They drink wine bought with the fines they have levied; they do so right in the temple of their God!

Referenced Verses

  • Amos 6:6 : 6 You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
  • Exod 22:26-27 : 26 For it is his only covering, the cloak for his body. What else can he sleep in? If he cries out to me, I will hear him, for I am gracious. 27 Do not blaspheme God or curse the leader of your people.
  • Deut 24:12-17 : 12 If the person is poor, do not keep their pledge overnight. 13 Return their pledge by sunset so that they may sleep in their own garment and bless you; this will be considered a righteous act before the LORD your God. 14 Do not take advantage of a hired worker who is poor and needy, whether that worker is a fellow Israelite or a foreigner residing in one of your towns. 15 Pay them their wages each day before sunset, because they are poor and depend on it. Otherwise, they may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin. 16 Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin. 17 Do not pervert justice for the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow's garment as security for a pledge.
  • Judg 9:27 : 27 They went out into the fields, harvested their vineyards, trampled the grapes, and held a festival. They entered the temple of their god, where they ate, drank, and cursed Abimelech.
  • Isa 57:7 : 7 You have placed your bed on a high and lofty mountain; there you went up to offer sacrifices.
  • Ezek 18:7 : 7 He does not oppress anyone, but restores a pledge for a loan; he does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked.
  • Ezek 18:12 : 12 oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore a pledge, looks to idols, and does detestable things,
  • Ezek 23:41 : 41 You sat on a glorious couch with a table prepared before it, where you placed my incense and my oil.
  • Hos 4:8 : 8 They feed on the sins of my people; they are greedy for their iniquity.
  • Amos 4:1 : 1 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan who are on Mount Samaria, who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your masters, 'Bring us something to drink!'
  • Amos 6:4 : 4 You lie on beds inlaid with ivory and lounge on your couches. You dine on choice lambs from the flock and fattened calves from the stall.
  • 1 Cor 8:10 : 10 For if someone sees you, who have knowledge, eating in an idol's temple, won’t their weak conscience be emboldened to eat food sacrificed to idols?
  • 1 Cor 10:7 : 7 Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written, 'The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.'
  • 1 Cor 10:21 : 21 You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot share in the Lord’s table and the table of demons.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    7 'They trample on the dust of the earth on the heads of the poor and obstruct the way of the afflicted. A man and his father go to the same girl, so that they profane My holy name.'

  • Ezek 18:12
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    12 oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore a pledge, looks to idols, and does detestable things,

  • Hos 7:14
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    14 They do not cry out to me from their hearts but wail on their beds. They gather together for grain and new wine but turn away from me.

  • Dan 5:4
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    4 They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

  • Prov 4:17
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    17 They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

  • Hos 4:18
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    18 Their drink has turned them aside; they persist in their immorality. They love shame more than their honor.

  • Num 25:2
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    2 The women invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods.

  • Isa 2:8
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    8 Their land is filled with idols. They bow down to the work of their own hands, to what their fingers have made.

  • Amos 5:11
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    11 Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact a grain tax from them, though you have built houses of cut stone, you will not live in them; though you have planted delightful vineyards, you will not drink their wine.

  • Ezek 20:28
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    28 When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them, and they saw every high hill and every leafy tree, they offered their sacrifices there, provoked me with their offerings, placed their pleasing aromas, and poured out their drink offerings there.

  • Job 22:6
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    6 For you have taken pledges from your brothers without cause, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

  • Amos 6:4
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    4 You lie on beds inlaid with ivory and lounge on your couches. You dine on choice lambs from the flock and fattened calves from the stall.

  • Isa 28:7
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    7 But these also reel with wine and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are confused by wine, they stagger because of strong drink—they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

  • Hab 2:15
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    15 Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbor, pouring out your wrath and making him drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!

  • Ezek 22:12
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    12 In you, they accept bribes to shed blood; they take interest and increase unlawfully. You have gained profit in extorting your neighbors, and you have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign LORD.

  • Amos 6:7
    71%

    7 Therefore, you will be among the first to go into exile, and your feasting and lounging will come to an end.

  • Joel 1:13
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    13 Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests; wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, you who minister to my God, for grain offerings and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.

  • Joel 3:3
    71%

    3 They cast lots for my people; they traded a boy for a prostitute and sold a girl for wine, which they drank.

  • Mic 2:2
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    2 They covet fields and seize them; they take houses and rob them. They oppress a man and his house, a person and their inheritance.

  • Ezek 23:39
    71%

    39 When they slaughtered their children as sacrifices to their idols, they came to my sanctuary on the same day to desecrate it. See, this is what they have done in my house.

  • Jer 5:7
    71%

    7 How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by false gods. I satisfied them, but they committed adultery and gathered at the houses of prostitutes.

  • Ezek 22:10
    70%

    10 In you, they have dishonored their fathers' nakedness; they have violated women during their impurity.

  • Hos 13:2
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    2 Now they continue to sin and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully crafted from their silver, all of it the work of artisans. They say about them, 'Those who sacrifice kiss the calves!'

  • Job 24:3
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    3 They drive away the orphan’s donkey and take the widow’s ox as security.

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    10 Though they are entangled in thorns and drunk from their wine, they will be consumed like dry stubble.

  • Ezek 23:37
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    37 For they have committed adultery and blood is on their hands. They committed adultery with their idols; they even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to me, passing them through the fire as food for their idols.

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    11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning to chase after strong drink, and who continue into the evening, inflamed by wine.

  • Job 24:9-11
    3 verses
    70%

    9 They snatch the orphan from the breast and take the poor as a pledge.

    10 They go about naked without clothing, and they carry sheaves while hungry.

    11 They press oil between the rows, they tread the wine presses, yet they go thirsty.

  • Hos 4:13
    70%

    13 They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oaks, poplars, and terebinths, where the shade is pleasant. Therefore your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.

  • Deut 32:38
    70%

    38 The ones who ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up and help you; let them be your shelter!

  • Jer 19:13
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    13 The houses in Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will become defiled like this place, Topheth—all the houses where they burned incense on their roofs to all the starry hosts and poured out drink offerings to other gods.

  • Isa 5:22
    70%

    22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and valiant at mixing strong drink,

  • Hos 9:2
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    2 The threshing floor and the winepress will not provide for them, and the new wine will fail them.

  • Hos 4:8
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    8 They feed on the sins of my people; they are greedy for their iniquity.

  • 1 Kgs 8:31
    70%

    31 If someone sins against a neighbor and is asked to swear an oath, and they come and take the oath before Your altar in this house,

  • Jer 8:10
    69%

    10 Therefore, I will give their wives to others and their fields to new owners. From the least to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit.

  • Hos 5:4
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    4 Their deeds do not allow them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the Lord.

  • Prov 31:5
    69%

    5 Lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.

  • Isa 1:22
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    22 Your silver has become dross, your wine is diluted with water.

  • Hos 10:2
    69%

    2 Their hearts are divided; now they must bear their guilt. He will tear down their altars and destroy their sacred pillars.

  • Hos 9:4
    69%

    4 They will no longer pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him. Their sacrifices will be like the bread of mourners; all who eat it will become defiled. Their food will only satisfy their own appetite; it will not enter the house of the LORD.

  • Isa 57:6
    69%

    6 Among the smooth stones of the valley is your portion; they, indeed, are your lot. To them you have poured out drink offerings and presented grain offerings. Should I relent concerning these things?

  • Amos 8:4
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    4 Hear this, you who trample on the needy and seek to destroy the poor of the land,

  • Jer 17:2
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    2 Even their children remember their altars and their Asherah poles beside the green trees on the high hills.

  • Ps 75:8
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    8 For God is the judge; he brings one down and lifts another up.

  • Hos 4:2
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    2 There is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.

  • Zeph 1:13
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    13 Their wealth will become plunder, and their houses a desolation. They will build houses but not live in them, and they will plant vineyards but not drink their wine.

  • Exod 5:8
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    8 But require them to make the same number of bricks as before; don't reduce the quota. They are lazy; that is why they are crying out, 'Let us go and offer sacrifices to our God.'