Verse 6

That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals; yes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  For å kjøpe de fattige for penger og de trengende for et par sandaler, og selge det som er blitt til overs etter innhøstingen.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Dere kjøper de fattige for sølv, og de nødstilte for et par sandaler, og selger avfallsproduktene av kornet.

• Norsk King James

  Slik at vi kan kjøpe de fattige for sølv og de trengende for et par sko; ja, og selge skrap fra hvete?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  De som kjøper de fattige for penger og den trengende for et par sandaler, og selger avfallet fra kornet?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  For å kjøpe de fattige for penger, og de trengende for et par sandaler, og for å selge avskallet korn.»

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For at vi kan kjøpe de fattige for sølv, og de trengende for et par sandaler; ja, og selge avfallshveten?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For at vi skal kunne kjøpe de fattige for sølv og de trengende for et par sko, ja, til og med selge kornavfallet?

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  For at vi kan kjøpe de fattige for sølv, og de trengende for et par sandaler; ja, og selge avfallshveten?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  For å kjøpe de fattige for penger og den trengende for et par sandaler, og selge avfallskorn som hvete.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Buying the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, even selling the sweepings of the wheat.'

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Amos.8.6", "source": "לִקְנ֤וֹת בַּכֶּ֙סֶף֙ דַּלִּ֔ים וְאֶבְי֖וֹן בַּעֲב֣וּר נַעֲלָ֑יִם וּמַפַּ֥ל בַּ֖ר נַשְׁבִּֽיר׃", "text": "To *liqnôt* with the *kesep* *dallîm* and *ʾebyôn* for *baʿăbûr* *naʿălāyim* and *mappal* *bar* *našbîr*", "grammar": { "*liqnôt*": "preposition + qal infinitive construct - to buy/acquire", "*bakkesep*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - with the silver/money", "*dallîm*": "adjective used as noun, masculine plural - poor/weak ones", "*wə-*": "conjunction - and", "*ʾebyôn*": "noun, masculine singular - needy/poor person", "*baʿăbûr*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - for the sake of/because of", "*naʿălāyim*": "noun, feminine dual - pair of sandals", "*û-*": "conjunction - and", "*mappal*": "noun, masculine singular construct - refuse/fallen part of", "*bar*": "noun, masculine singular - grain", "*našbîr*": "hiphil imperfect, 1st plural - we will sell" }, "variants": { "*liqnôt*": "to buy/to purchase/to acquire", "*kesep*": "silver/money", "*dallîm*": "poor/weak/low/needy ones", "*ʾebyôn*": "needy/poor/destitute person", "*baʿăbûr*": "for/because of/on account of", "*naʿălāyim*": "pair of sandals/shoes", "*mappal*": "refuse/fallings/chaff/sweepings", "*bar*": "grain/corn", "*našbîr*": "we will sell/we will market" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Vi vil kjøpe de fattige for penger og de trengende for et par sandaler, og selge avfallskorn.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  at kjøbe de Ringe for Penge, og den Fattige for et Par Skoe, at vi maae sælge det Affaldne af Kornet?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Slik at vi kan kjøpe de fattige for sølv, og de trengende for et par sko; ja, og selge avfallshveten?

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Så vi kan kjøpe de fattige for sølv, Og de trengende for et par sko, Og selge avfallet med hveten?'

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Vi kjøper de fattige for sølv og de trengende for et par sandaler, og selger avfallet fra kornet.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  så vi kan kjøpe de fattige for sølv, og de trengende for et par sko, og selge restene av hveten?

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Som kjøper de fattige for sølv, og den trengende for prisen av et par sandaler, og tar betaling for det som er igjen av kornet.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  We shall set vp false waightes, yt we maye get the poore vnder vs with their money, and the nedy also for shues: yee let vs sell the chaffe for corne.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  That we may buy the poore for siluer, and the needie for shooes: yea, and sell the refuse of the wheate.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  That we may bie the poore for siluer, and the needy for shoes, yea and sell the refuse of the wheate?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; [yea], and sell the refuse of the wheat?

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  That we may buy the poor for silver, And the needy for a pair of shoes, And sell the sweepings with the wheat?'"

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

  that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  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.

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  We’re eager to trade silver for the poor, a pair of sandals for the needy! We want to mix in some chaff with the grain!”

Referenced Verses

• Amos 2:6 : 6 Thus says the LORD: For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes:
• Amos 8:4 : 4 Hear this, you who swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land fail,
• Lev 25:39-42 : 39 And if your brother who dwells by you becomes poor, and is sold to you; you shall not compel him to serve as a bondservant: 40 But as a hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with you, and shall serve you until the year of Jubilee: 41 And then he shall depart from you, both he and his children with him, and shall return to his own family, and to the possession of his fathers shall he return. 42 For they are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.
• Neh 5:1-5 : 1 And there was a great outcry of the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. 2 For there were those who said, We, our sons, and our daughters are many: therefore we need to take grain for them, that we may eat and live. 3 Others said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses to buy grain because of the famine. 4 There were also those who said, We have borrowed money for the king's tax, against our lands and vineyards. 5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and indeed, we bring into bondage our sons and daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are already in bondage; nor is it in our power to redeem them, for other men have our lands and vineyards.
• Neh 5:8 : 8 And I said to them, According to our ability, we have redeemed our fellow Jews who were sold to the nations; and will you even sell your brethren, or should they be sold to us? Then they were silent and found nothing to answer.
• Joel 3:3 : 3 And they have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy in exchange for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine that they might drink.
• Joel 3:6 : 6 The children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem you have sold to the Greeks, that you might remove them far from their border.