InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Amos C1 C2 C3 C4 C6 C7 C8 C9
Amos 5 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27
OET-LV If/because I_know many transgressions_of_your(pl) and_numerous sins_of_your(pl) Oh_foes_of the_righteous Oh_you(pl)_who_take_of (of)_a_ransom and_needy_people in_gate they_turn_aside.
OET (OET-RV) I know how many your offenses are
⇔ and how great your sins are—
⇔ you who make honest people suffer, take bribes,
⇔ and turn aside the needy at the community centre.
(Occurrence 0) afflict the just, take bribes, and turn aside the needy in the city gate
(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when I_know many transgressions_of,your(pl) and,numerous sins_of,your(pl) oppress_of law-abiding/just take_of bribe and,needy_[people] in,gate push_aside )
This is a list of some of their sins.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj
(Occurrence 0) the just
(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when I_know many transgressions_of,your(pl) and,numerous sins_of,your(pl) oppress_of law-abiding/just take_of bribe and,needy_[people] in,gate push_aside )
The word “just” is a nominal adjective that refers to just people. Alternate translation: [just people] or [righteous people]
(Occurrence 0) take bribes
(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when I_know many transgressions_of,your(pl) and,numerous sins_of,your(pl) oppress_of law-abiding/just take_of bribe and,needy_[people] in,gate push_aside )
Alternate translation: [let people pay you to do bad things] or [let people pay you to lie about people]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
(Occurrence 0) turn aside the needy in the city gate
(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when I_know many transgressions_of,your(pl) and,numerous sins_of,your(pl) oppress_of law-abiding/just take_of bribe and,needy_[people] in,gate push_aside )
Here “turn aside the needy” represents telling the needy people to leave. It can be made clear why the needy were at the city gate. Alternate translation: [do not allow poor people to bring their cases to the judges in the city gate]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj
(Occurrence 0) the needy
(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when I_know many transgressions_of,your(pl) and,numerous sins_of,your(pl) oppress_of law-abiding/just take_of bribe and,needy_[people] in,gate push_aside )
The word “needy” is a nominal adjective that refers to people who are in need. Alternate translation: [people in need]
OET-LV If/because I_know many transgressions_of_your(pl) and_numerous sins_of_your(pl) Oh_foes_of the_righteous Oh_you(pl)_who_take_of (of)_a_ransom and_needy_people in_gate they_turn_aside.
OET (OET-RV) I know how many your offenses are
⇔ and how great your sins are—
⇔ you who make honest people suffer, take bribes,
⇔ and turn aside the needy at the community centre.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.
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