Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
WEB
Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,
YLT
Hear this, ye who are swallowing up the needy, To cause to cease the poor of the land,
DBT
Hear this, ye that pant after the needy, even to cause to fail the poor of the land,
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentAmos — A herdsman of Tekoa sent north to Bethel — a shepherd-prophet preaching judgment on a prosperous, comfortable, oppressive society. ‘Let justice roll down.’
- Author
- Amos, a herdman of Tekoa in Judah, sent to Israel at Bethel (1:1, 7:14)
- Date
- c. 760–750 BC, during the reigns of Uzziah in Judah and Jeroboam II in Israel