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Amos 8:5
| ← Amos 8:4 | Amos 8:5 (KJV) | Amos 8:6 → |
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Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
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Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?
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That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; [yea], and sell the refuse of the wheat?
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Verse Text
KJV with Strong's Numbers
SayingH559, When will the new moonH2320 be goneH5674, that we may sellH7666 cornH7668? and the sabbathH7676, that we may set forthH6605 wheatH1250, making the ephahH374 smallH6994, and the shekelH8255 greatH1431, and falsifyingH5791 the balancesH3976 by deceitH4820?
Original Hebrew
לֵאמֹר מָתַי יַעֲבֹר הַחֹדֶשׁ וְנַשְׁבִּירָה שֶּׁבֶר וְהַשַּׁבָּת וְנִפְתְּחָה־בָּר לְהַקְטִין אֵיפָה וּלְהַגְדִּיל שֶׁקֶל וּלְעַוֵּת מֹאזְנֵי מִרְמָה׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
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לֵ/אמֹ֗ר |
le./Mor | H559 | HR/Vqc | (to)/ saying |
מָתַ֞י |
ma.Tai | H4970 | HTi | when? |
יַעֲבֹ֤ר |
ya.'a.Vor | H5674 | HVqi3ms | will it pass |
הַ/חֹ֨דֶשׁ֙ |
ha./Cho.desh | H2320 | HTd/Ncmsa | the/ new moon |
וְ/נַשְׁבִּ֣ירָה |
ve./nash.Bi.rah | H7666 | HC/Vhh1cp | so/ we may sell grain |
שֶּׁ֔בֶר |
She.ver | H7668 | HNcmsa | grain |
וְ/הַ/שַּׁבָּ֖ת |
ve./ha/sh.sha.Bat | H7676 | HC/Td/Ncbsa | and/ the/ sabbath |
וְ/נִפְתְּחָה |
ve./nif.te.chah- | H6605 | HC/Vqh1cp | so/ we may open |
בָּ֑ר |
Bar | H1250 | HNcmsa | grain |
לְ/הַקְטִ֤ין |
le./hak.Tin | H6994 | HR/Vhc | to/ make small |
אֵיפָה֙ |
'ei.Fah | H374 | HNcfsa | an ephah |
וּ/לְ/הַגְדִּ֣יל |
u./le./hag.Dil | H1431 | HC/R/Vhc | and/ to/ make great |
שֶׁ֔קֶל |
She.kel | H8255 | HNcmsa | a shekel |
וּ/לְ/עַוֵּ֖ת |
u./le./'a.Vet | H5791 | HC/R/Vpc | and/ to/ falsify |
מֹאזְנֵ֥י |
moz.Nei | H3976 | HNcmdc | balances of |
מִרְמָֽה |
mir.Mah | H4820 | HNcfsa | deceit |
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
- H374 — אֵיפָה (ʼêyphâh, ay-faw'): or (shortened) אֵפָה ; of Egyptian derivation; an ephah or measure for grain; hence, a measure in general; ephah, (divers) measure(-s).
- H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
- H1250 — בָּר (bâr, bawr): or בַּר; from בָּרַר (in the sense of winnowing); grain of any kind (even while standing in the field); by extension the open country; corn, wheat.
- H1431 — גָּדַל (gâdal, gaw-dal'): a primitive root; properly, to twist (compare גְּדִל), i.e.; to be (causatively make) large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride); advance, boast, bring up, exceed, excellent, be(-come, do, give, make, wax), great(-er, come to... estate, [phrase] things), grow(up), increase, lift up, magnify(-ifical), be much set by, nourish (up), pass, promote, proudly (spoken), tower.
- H2320 — חֹדֶשׁ (chôdesh, kho'-desh): from חָדַשׁ; the new moon; by implication, a month; month(-ly), new moon.
- H3976 — מֹאזֵן (môʼzên, mo-zane'): from אָזַן; (only in the dual) a pair of scales; balances.
- H4820 — מִרְמָה (mirmâh, meer-maw'): from רָמָה in the sense of deceiving; fraud; craft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.
- H5674 — עָבַר (ʻâbar, aw-bar'): a primitive root; to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation); alienate, alter, [idiom] at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) [phrase] proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, [phrase] raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, [phrase] shave, cause to (make) sound, [idiom] speedily, [idiom] sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-) faring man, be wrath.
- H5791 — עָוַת (ʻâvath, aw-vath'): a primitive root; to wrest; bow self, (make) crooked., falsifying, overthrow, deal perversely, pervert, subvert, turn upside down.
- H6605 — פָּתַח (pâthach, paw-thakh'): a primitive root; to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve; appear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-) grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.
- H6994 — קָטֹן (qâṭôn, kaw-tone'): a primitive root (rather denominative from קָטָן); to diminish, i.e. be (causatively, make) diminutive or (figuratively) of no account; be a (make) small (thing), be not worthy.
- H7666 — שָׁבַר (shâbar, shaw-bar'): denominative from שֶׁבֶר; to deal in grain; buy, sell.
- H7668 — שֶׁבֶר (sheber, sheh'-ber): the same as שֶׁבֶר; grain (as if broken into kernels); corn, victuals.
- H7676 — שַׁבָּת (shabbâth, shab-bawth'): intensive from שָׁבַת; intermission, i.e (specifically) the Sabbath; ([phrase] every) sabbath.
- H8255 — שֶׁקֶל (sheqel, sheh'-kel): from שָׁקַל; probably a weight; used as a commercial standard; shekel.
The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:
- H4970 — מָתַי (mâthay, maw-thah'ee): from an unused root meaning to extend; properly, extent (of time); but used only adverbially (especially with other particle prefixes), when (either relative or interrogative); long, when.
Cross References
Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)
- and the — Exodus 20:8-10, Nehemiah 13:15-21, Isaiah 58:13, Romans 8:6-7
- be gone — Malachi 1:13
- falsifying the balances by deceit — Hosea 12:7
- making — Leviticus 19:36, Deuteronomy 25:13-16, Proverbs 11:1, Proverbs 16:11, Proverbs 20:23, Ezekiel 45:10-12, Micah 6:10-11
- When — Numbers 10:10, Numbers 28:11-15, 2 Kings 4:23, Psalms 81:3-4, Isaiah 1:13, Colossians 2:16
Reciprocal references (11): Leviticus 6:2, Leviticus 19:35, Deuteronomy 25:16, 1 Samuel 13:12, 1 Samuel 21:7, Hosea 2:11, Amos 8:14, Zechariah 5:6, Matthew 26:8, John 12:5, 1 Thessalonians 4:6
Related Topics
- Torrey’s: FEAST OF THE NEW MOON, THE, INJUSTICE
- Nave’s: BALANCES, DISHONESTY, MEASURE, MONEY, MOON, NEW MOON, OPPRESSION, SABBATH, SHEKEL
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