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Amos 5:12

American Standard Version

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.

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Amos 5:12 in other translations

For I know how many 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.

Amos 5:12 · World English Bible

Amos 5:12 in context

  1. 10They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.
  2. 11Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him 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 the wine thereof.
  3. 12For 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.
  4. 13Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.
  5. 14Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live; and so Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be with you, as ye say.