Amos 5:12
10 There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.
11 Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.
For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.
13 Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.
14 Seek good, not evil, so that you may live. And the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be with you, as you have claimed.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- For I know how many are your offenses, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the just, who take a bribe, and who turn away the needy in the courts.
- ASV
- For I know how manifold are your transgressions, and how mighty are your sins-ye that afflict the just, that take a bribe, and that turn aside the needy in the gate [from their right].
- DARBY
- For I know how manifold are your transgressions and your sins mighty: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside [the right of] the needy in the gate.
- BLB
- Indeed, I know how many [are] your⁺ transgressions and [how] mighty your⁺ sins—[you] afflicting the righteous, taking bribes, and stretching aside the poor at the gate.
- ÅB
- For jeg vet at deres overtredelser er mange og deres synder tallrike; dere forfølger den uskyldige, tar imot løsepenger[^1] og bøyer retten for de fattige på tinge.
- OTB
- For jeg vet hvor mange deres overtredelser er og hvor store deres synder er.
Dere undertrykker de rettferdige, tar imot bestikkelser,
og avviser de trengende i porten. - B1930
- For jeg vet at eders overtredelser er mange og eders synder tallrike; I forfølger den uskyldige, tar imot løsepenger og bøier retten for de fattige på tinge. / < 4MO 35, 31. 2MO 23, 6.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Amos 2:6–7
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals.
Read in contextAmos 5:10
There are those who hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise him who speaks with integrity.
Read in contextIsaiah 1:23
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
Read in context1 Samuel 8:3
But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside toward dishonest gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice.
Read in contextPsalms 26:9–10
Do not take my soul away with sinners, or my life with men of bloodshed,
Read in contextActs 7:52
Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—
Read in contextJames 5:4
Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
Read in contextMalachi 3:5
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
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