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Amos 2:8

They stretch themselves out beside every altar on clothing taken in pledge and they drink wine, bought with fines imposed,f in the house of their God.

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Amos 2:8 — The New International Version (NIV)

They lie down beside every altar

on garments taken in pledge.

In the house of their god

they drink wine taken as fines.

Amos 2:8 — English Standard Version (ESV)

they lay themselves down beside every altar

on garments taken in pledge,

and in the house of their God they drink

the wine of those who have been fined.

Amos 2:8 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar,

And they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

Amos 2:8 — New Living Translation (NLT)

At their religious festivals,

they lounge in clothing their debtors put up as security.

In the house of their gods,

they drink wine bought with unjust fines.

Amos 2:8 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

They lie down by every altar on clothes taken in pledge,

And drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

Amos 2:8 — New Century Version (NCV)

As they worship at their altars,

they lie down on clothes taken from the poor.

They fine people,

and with that money they buy wine to drink in the house of their god.

Amos 2:8 — American Standard Version (ASV)

and they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of such as have been fined.

Amos 2:8 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And they lay themselves down by every altar upon clothes taken in pledge, and they drink in the house of their God the wine of the condemned.

Amos 2:8 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Beside every altar, they spread themselves out on clothes 

taken as security. 

In the temples of their gods, they drink the wine 

that they bought with fines. 

Amos 2:8 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

They stretch out beside every altar

on garments taken as collateral,

and in the house of their God,

they drink wine obtained through fines.

Amos 2:8 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

they lay themselves down beside every altar

on garments taken in pledge;

and in the house of their God they drink

wine bought with fines they imposed.

Amos 2:8 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

They lie down beside every altar

on clothes they had taken

until the owner paid back what was owed.

In the house of their God

they drink wine that was taken as fines.

Amos 2:8 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

“On garments taken as pledges they stretch out beside every altar,

And in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.


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