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Amos 5:12
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Forasmuch therefore as your treading [is] upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
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For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate [from their right].
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Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it [is] an evil time.
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Verse Text
For I knowH3045 your manifoldH7227 transgressionsH6588 and your mightyH6099 sinsH2403: they afflictH6887 the justH6662, they takeH3947 a bribeH3724, and they turn asideH5186 the poorH34 in the gateH8179 from their right.
כִּי יָדַעְתִּי רַבִּים פִּשְׁעֵיכֶם וַעֲצֻמִים חַטֹּאתֵיכֶם צֹרְרֵי צַדִּיק לֹקְחֵי כֹפֶר וְאֶבְיֹונִים בַּשַּׁעַר הִטּוּ׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
כִּ֤י |
ki | H3588 | HC | for |
יָדַ֨עְתִּי֙ |
ya.Da'.ti | H3045 | HVqp1cs | I know |
רַבִּ֣ים |
ra.Bim | H7227 | HAampa | many |
פִּשְׁעֵי/כֶ֔ם |
pish.'ei./Khem | H6588 | HNcmpc/Sp2mp | transgressions/ your |
וַ/עֲצֻמִ֖ים |
va./'a.tzu.Mim | H6099 | HC/Aampa | and/ numerous |
חַטֹּֽאתֵי/כֶ֑ם |
cha.to.tei./Khem | H2403 | HNcfpc/Sp2mp | sins/ your |
צֹרְרֵ֤י |
tzo.re.Rei | H6887 | HVqrmpc | O opposers of |
צַדִּיק֙ |
tza.Dik | H6662 | HAamsa | (the) righteous |
לֹ֣קְחֵי |
Lo.ke.chei | H3947 | HVqrmpc | O takers of |
כֹ֔פֶר |
Kho.fer | H3724 | HNcmsa | ransom |
וְ/אֶבְיוֹנִ֖ים |
ve./'ev.yo.Nim | H34 | HC/Aampa | and/ needy (people) |
בַּ/שַּׁ֥עַר |
ba./Sha.'ar | H8179 | HRd/Ncmsa | in the/ gate |
הִטּֽוּ |
hi.Tu | H5186 | HVhp3cp | they turn aside |
- H34 — אֶבְיוֹן (ʼebyôwn, eb-yone'): from אָבָה, in the sense of want (especially in feeling); destitute; beggar, needy, poor (man).
- H2403 — חַטָּאָה (chaṭṭâʼâh, khat-taw-aw'): or חַטָּאת; from חָטָא; an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender; punishment (of sin), purifying(-fication for sin), sin(-ner, offering).
- H3045 — יָדַע (yâdaʻ, yaw-dah'): a primitive root; to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.); acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-) norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, [phrase] be learned, [phrase] lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, [idiom] prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), [idiom] will be, wist, wit, wot.
- H3724 — כֹּפֶר (kôpher, ko'-fer): from כָּפַר; properly, a cover, i.e. (literally) a village (as covered in); (specifically) bitumen (as used for coating), and the henna plant (as used for dyeing); figuratively, a redemption-price; bribe, camphire, pitch, ransom, satisfaction, sum of money, village.
- H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
- H5186 — נָטָה (nâṭâh, naw-taw'): a primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application; [phrase] afternoon, apply, bow (down, -ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, out), take (aside), turn (aside, away), wrest, cause to yield.
- H6099 — עָצוּם (ʻâtsûwm, aw-tsoom'): or עָצֻם; passive participle of עָצַם; powerful (specifically, a paw); by implication, numerous; [phrase] feeble, great, mighty, must, strong.
- H6588 — פֶּשַׁע (peshaʻ, peh'-shah): from פָּשַׁע; a revolt (national, moral or religious); rebellion, sin, transgression, trespass.
- H6662 — צַדִּיק (tsaddîyq, tsad-deek'): from צָדַק; just; just, lawful, righteous (man).
- H6887 — צָרַר (tsârar, tsaw-rar'): a primitive root; to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive; adversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (be in, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a strait (trouble), vex.
- H7227 — רַב (rab, rab): by contracted from רָבַב; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality); (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
- H8179 — שַׁעַר (shaʻar, shah'-ar): from שָׁעַר in its original sense; an opening, i.e. door or gate; city, door, gate, port ([idiom] -er).
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)
- and they — Isaiah 10:2, Isaiah 29:21, Lamentations 3:34, Amos 2:7, Malachi 3:5
- I know — Deuteronomy 31:21, Isaiah 66:18, Jeremiah 29:23, Hebrews 4:12-13
- in the — Deuteronomy 16:18, Job 29:7-25, Job 31:21, Proverbs 22:22, Amos 5:10
- manifold — 2 Kings 17:7-17, Isaiah 47:9
- take — 1 Samuel 8:3, Psalms 26:9-10, Isaiah 1:23, Isaiah 33:15, Micah 3:11, Micah 7:3
- they afflict — Amos 2:6-7, Amos 2:16, Acts 3:13-14, Acts 7:52, James 5:4, James 5:6
Reciprocal references (23): Genesis 34:20, Exodus 23:6, Exodus 23:8, Leviticus 25:14, Deuteronomy 1:17, Job 15:34, Job 24:10, Psalms 10:9, Proverbs 17:15, Proverbs 22:7, Proverbs 24:7, Proverbs 31:9, Ecclesiastes 5:8, Ezekiel 16:49, Ezekiel 18:7, Hosea 4:18, Hosea 5:11, Amos 5:7, Amos 6:3, Amos 6:12, Micah 6:12, Habakkuk 1:4, Zechariah 7:10
Related Topics
- Thompson Chain: CONCEALMENT-EXPOSURE, NATION, THE
- Torrey’s: COURTS OF JUSTICE, INJUSTICE
- Nave’s: BRIBERY, INJUSTICE, JUSTICE, OPPRESSION, POOR, RULERS, SIN
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