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Amos 5:11

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11Therefore because you 1impose heavy rent on the poor

And exact a tribute of grain from them,

Though you have built ahouses of well-hewn stone,

Yet you will not live in them;

You have planted pleasant vineyards, yet you will bnot drink their wine.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Another reading is trample upon

Cross references

  1. aAmos 3:15; 6:11
  2. bMic 6:15

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Therefore because you trample on the poor

and you exact taxes of grain from him,

you have built houses of hewn stone,

but you shall not dwell in them;

you have planted pleasant vineyards,

but you shall not drink their wine.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

You levy a straw tax on the poor

and impose a tax on their grain.

Therefore, though you have built stone mansions,

you will not live in them;

though you have planted lush vineyards,

you will not drink their wine.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Therefore, because you trample on the poor

and exact a grain tax from him,

you will never live in the houses of cut stone

you have built;

you will never drink the wine

from the lush vineyards

you have planted.

NLTNew Living Translation

You trample the poor,

stealing their grain through taxes and unfair rent.

Therefore, though you build beautiful stone houses,

you will never live in them.

Though you plant lush vineyards,

you will never drink wine from them.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Therefore, because you trample on the poor and you take a grain tax from them, you built houses of dressed stone, but you will not live in them. You built vineyards of delightfulness, but you will not drink their wine.

KJV 1900King James Version

Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor,

And ye take from him burdens 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 wine of them.