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There are those who oppress the innocent and take bribes and deprive the poor of justice in the courts. <a href="/nlt/amos/5.htm">New Living Translation</a> For I know the vast number of your sins and the depth of your rebellions. You oppress good people by taking bribes and deprive the poor of justice in the courts. <a href="/esv/amos/5.htm">English Standard Version</a> For I know how many are your transgressions and how great are your sins— you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe, and turn aside the needy in the gate. <a href="/bsb/amos/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate. <a href="/kjv/amos/5.htm">King James Bible</a> For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right. <a href="/nkjv/amos/5.htm">New King James Version</a> For I know your manifold transgressions And your mighty sins: Afflicting the just and taking bribes; Diverting the poor from justice at the gate. <a href="/nasb_/amos/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For I know your offenses are many and your sins are great, You who are hostile to the righteous and accept bribes, And turn away the poor from justice at the gate. <a href="/nasb/amos/5.htm">NASB 1995</a> For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great, You who distress the righteous and accept bribes And turn aside the poor in the gate. <a href="/nasb77/amos/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a> For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great, You who distress the righteous and accept bribes, And turn aside the poor in the gate. <a href="/lsb/amos/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are mighty, You who distress the righteous and take bribes And turn aside the needy in the gate. <a href="/amp/amos/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great (shocking, innumerable), You who distress the righteous and take bribes, And turn away from the poor in the [court of the city] gate [depriving them of justice]. <a href="/csb/amos/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> For I know your crimes are many and your sins innumerable. They oppress the righteous, take a bribe, and deprive the poor of justice at the city gates. <a href="/hcsb/amos/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> For I know your crimes are many and your sins innumerable. They oppress the righteous, take a bribe, and deprive the poor of justice at the gates. <a href="/asv/amos/5.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/amos/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> I am the LORD, and I know your terrible sins. You cheat honest people and take bribes; you rob the poor of justice. <a href="/erv/amos/5.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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. <a href="/gwt/amos/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I know that your crimes are numerous and your sins are many. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes. You deny the needy access to the courts. <a href="/gnt/amos/5.htm">Good News Translation</a> I know how terrible your sins are and how many crimes you have committed. You persecute good people, take bribes, and prevent the poor from getting justice in the courts. <a href="/isv/amos/5.htm">International Standard Version</a> and because I know that your transgressions are many, and your sins are numerous as you oppose the righteous, taking bribes as a ransom, and turning away the poor in court — <a href="/msb/amos/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> For I know that your transgressions are many and your sins are numerous. You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; you deprive the poor of justice in the gate. <a href="/net/amos/5.htm">NET Bible</a> Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city gate. <a href="/nheb/amos/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 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 aside the needy in the courts. <a href="/wbt/amos/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right. <a href="/web/amos/5.htm">World English Bible</a> For I know how many are 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/amos/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> For I have known—many [are] your transgressions, "" And mighty your sins, "" Adversaries of the righteous, taking ransoms, "" And you turned aside the needy in the gate. <a href="/ylt/amos/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> For I have known -- many are your transgressions, And mighty your sins, Adversaries of the righteous, taking ransoms, And the needy in the gate ye turned aside. <a href="/slt/amos/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For I knew your many transgressions, and your strong sins: pressing upon the just, taking a ransom, and they turned away the needy in the gate.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/amos/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Because I know your manifold crimes, and your grievous sine: enemies of the just, taking bribes, and oppressing the poor in the gate. <a href="/cpdv/amos/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For I know your many wicked deeds and the strength of your sins, you enemies of the just, accepting bribes, and depriving the poor at the gate. <a href="/nabre/amos/5.htm">New American Bible</a> Yes, I know how many are your crimes, how grievous your sins: Oppressing the just, accepting bribes, turning away the needy at the gate. <a href="/nrsvce/amos/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For I know how many are your transgressions, and how great are your sins— you who afflict the righteous, who take a bribe, and push aside the needy in the gate.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/amos/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great; you oppress the just, you take a bribe, and you turn aside the cause of the poor in the gate from their right. <a href="/hpbt/amos/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Because I know that your offenses are many and your sins mighty, the oppressors of the Righteous One have taken a bribe, and the poor in the gate they have turned away<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/amos/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> For I know how manifold are your transgressions, And how mighty are your sins; Ye that afflict the just, that take a ransom, And that turn aside the needy in the gate. <a href="/sep/amos/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> For I know your many transgressions, and your sins are great, trampling on the just, taking bribes, and turning aside the judgment of the poor in the gates. <a href="/parallel/amos/5-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u4uh7eMswjw?start=812" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/amos/5.htm">A Call to Repentance</a> …11Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted. 12<a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yā·ḏa‘·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">I know that</a> <a href="/hebrew/6588.htm" title="6588: piš·‘ê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Transgression. From pasha'; a revolt.">your transgressions</a> <a href="/hebrew/7227.htm" title="7227: rab·bîm (Adj-mp) -- Much, many, great. By contracted from rabab; abundant.">are many</a> <a href="/hebrew/2403.htm" title="2403: ḥaṭ·ṭō·ṯê·ḵem (N-fpc:: 2mp) -- Or chattacth; from chata'; an offence, and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also an offender.">and your sins</a> <a href="/hebrew/6099.htm" title="6099: wa·‘ă·ṣu·mîm (Conj-w:: Adj-mp) -- Mighty, numerous. Or matsum; passive participle of atsam; powerful; by implication, numerous.">are numerous.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6887.htm" title="6887: ṣō·rə·rê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- A primitive root; to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive.">You oppress</a> <a href="/hebrew/6662.htm" title="6662: ṣad·dîq (Adj-ms) -- Just, righteous. From tsadaq; just.">the righteous</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: lō·qə·ḥê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">by taking</a> <a href="/hebrew/3724.htm" title="3724: ḵō·p̄er (N-ms) -- From kaphar; properly, a cover, i.e. a village; bitumen, and the henna plant; figuratively, a redemption-price.">bribes;</a> <a href="/hebrew/34.htm" title="34: wə·’eḇ·yō·w·nîm (Conj-w:: N-mp) -- In want, needy, poor. From 'abah, in the sense of want; destitute.">you deprive the poor</a> <a href="/hebrew/5186.htm" title="5186: hiṭ·ṭū (V-Hifil-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away; used in a great variety of application.">of justice</a> <a href="/hebrew/8179.htm" title="8179: baš·ša·‘ar (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A gate. From sha'ar in its original sense; an opening, i.e. Door or gate.">in the gate.</a> 13Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/10-1.htm">Isaiah 10:1-2</a> Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees, / to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder. <a href="/micah/3-9.htm">Micah 3:9-11</a> Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right, / who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity. / Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.” <a href="/isaiah/1-23.htm">Isaiah 1:23</a> Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them. <a href="/jeremiah/5-28.htm">Jeremiah 5:28</a> They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy. <a href="/ezekiel/22-29.htm">Ezekiel 22:29</a> The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice. <a href="/habakkuk/1-4.htm">Habakkuk 1:4</a> Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted. <a href="/zechariah/7-9.htm">Zechariah 7:9-10</a> “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another. / Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’ <a href="/proverbs/17-23.htm">Proverbs 17:23</a> A wicked man takes a covert bribe to subvert the course of justice. <a href="/exodus/23-6.htm">Exodus 23:6-8</a> You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits. / Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty. / Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous. <a href="/deuteronomy/16-19.htm">Deuteronomy 16:19</a> Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous. <a href="/matthew/23-23.htm">Matthew 23:23</a> Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former. <a href="/luke/11-42.htm">Luke 11:42</a> Woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former. <a href="/james/5-1.htm">James 5:1-6</a> Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. / Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. / Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days. ... <a href="/matthew/5-10.htm">Matthew 5:10-12</a> Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. / Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. / Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you. <a href="/luke/18-1.htm">Luke 18:1-8</a> Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart: / “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men. / And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’ ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.I know.<a href="/deuteronomy/31-21.htm">Deuteronomy 31:21</a> And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.<a href="/isaiah/66-18.htm">Isaiah 66:18</a> For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.<a href="/jeremiah/29-23.htm">Jeremiah 29:23</a> Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the LORD.manifold.<a href="/2_kings/17-7.htm">2 Kings 17:7-17</a> For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods, … <a href="/isaiah/47-9.htm">Isaiah 47:9</a> But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments.they afflict.<a href="/amos/2-6.htm">Amos 2:6,7,16</a> Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes; … <a href="/acts/3-13.htm">Acts 3:13,14</a> The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go… <a href="/acts/7-52.htm">Acts 7:52</a> Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:take.<a href="/1_samuel/8-3.htm">1 Samuel 8:3</a> And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.<a href="/psalms/26-9.htm">Psalm 26:9,10</a> Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: … <a href="/isaiah/1-23.htm">Isaiah 1:23</a> Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.bribe.<a href="/amos/2-7.htm">Amos 2:7</a> That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:<a href="/isaiah/10-2.htm">Isaiah 10:2</a> To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!<a href="/isaiah/29-21.htm">Isaiah 29:21</a> That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.in the.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hosea/14-2.htm">Accept</a> <a href="/daniel/4-19.htm">Adversaries</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-33.htm">Afflict</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-33.htm">Bribe</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-12.htm">Bribes</a> <a href="/amos/2-12.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-23.htm">Courts</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-12.htm">Deprive</a> <a href="/hosea/5-15.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/hosea/14-1.htm">Evil-Doing</a> <a href="/amos/5-10.htm">Gate</a> <a href="/amos/3-15.htm">Great</a> <a href="/amos/4-9.htm">Increased</a> <a href="/amos/5-7.htm">Justice</a> <a href="/hosea/8-12.htm">Manifold</a> <a href="/amos/2-16.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/amos/4-1.htm">Needy</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-24.htm">Offenses</a> <a href="/amos/4-1.htm">Oppress</a> <a href="/amos/5-11.htm">Poor</a> <a href="/amos/5-10.htm">Public</a> <a href="/hosea/13-14.htm">Ransom</a> <a href="/psalms/55-18.htm">Ransoms</a> <a href="/hosea/2-12.htm">Rewards</a> <a href="/amos/3-10.htm">Right</a> <a href="/amos/2-6.htm">Righteous</a> <a href="/amos/4-4.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/amos/3-14.htm">Transgressions</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-13.htm">Troublers</a> <a href="/amos/5-7.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/amos/5-4.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/amos/5-10.htm">Upright</a> <a href="/hosea/13-1.htm">Wrong</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/amos/5-22.htm">Accept</a> <a href="/micah/5-9.htm">Adversaries</a> <a href="/amos/6-14.htm">Afflict</a> <a href="/micah/7-3.htm">Bribe</a> <a href="/micah/3-11.htm">Bribes</a> <a href="/amos/5-22.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/amos/5-15.htm">Courts</a> <a href="/malachi/3-5.htm">Deprive</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-12.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/jonah/1-2.htm">Evil-Doing</a> <a href="/amos/5-15.htm">Gate</a> <a href="/amos/6-2.htm">Great</a> <a href="/nahum/2-1.htm">Increased</a> <a href="/amos/5-15.htm">Justice</a> <a href="/mark/1-34.htm">Manifold</a> <a href="/amos/5-24.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/amos/8-4.htm">Needy</a> <a href="/matthew/18-7.htm">Offenses</a> <a href="/amos/6-14.htm">Oppress</a> <a href="/amos/8-4.htm">Poor</a> <a href="/amos/5-15.htm">Public</a> <a href="/matthew/20-28.htm">Ransom</a> <a href="/psalms/55-18.htm">Ransoms</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/3-8.htm">Rewards</a> <a href="/amos/5-15.htm">Right</a> <a href="/micah/6-5.htm">Righteous</a> <a href="/micah/1-5.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/micah/1-13.htm">Transgressions</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-7.htm">Troublers</a> <a href="/amos/5-23.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/amos/6-7.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/micah/2-3.htm">Upright</a> <a href="/jonah/4-1.htm">Wrong</a><div class="vheading2">Amos 5</div>1. <a href="/amos/5-1.htm">A lamentation for Israel.</a> 4. <a href="/amos/5-4.htm">An exhortation to repentance.</a> 21. <a href="/amos/5-21.htm">God rejects their hypocritical service.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This phrase highlights God's omniscience and His awareness of the moral and spiritual state of Israel. The repetition of "many" and "numerous" emphasizes the extent of Israel's sinfulness. In the context of Amos, a prophet from Judah sent to the Northern Kingdom of Israel, this statement underscores the rampant idolatry, social injustice, and moral decay prevalent in the society. The sins of Israel are not hidden from God, reflecting the biblical theme that nothing is concealed from His sight (<a href="/hebrews/4-13.htm">Hebrews 4:13</a>). This also connects to the broader biblical narrative of Israel's repeated disobedience and the call for repentance (<a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Isaiah 1:4</a>).You oppress the righteous by taking bribes; This phrase addresses the corruption and injustice within the judicial system of Israel. The righteous, those who live according to God's laws, are being oppressed by those in power. The taking of bribes indicates a perversion of justice, where decisions are influenced by wealth rather than truth and fairness. This is a direct violation of the Mosaic Law, which commands judges to be impartial and not accept bribes (<a href="/deuteronomy/16-19.htm">Deuteronomy 16:19</a>). The historical context reveals a society where the wealthy and powerful exploit the vulnerable, a theme echoed in other prophetic books like <a href="/micah/3-11.htm">Micah 3:11</a> and <a href="/isaiah/1-23.htm">Isaiah 1:23</a>.You deprive the poor of justice in the gate. The "gate" refers to the city gate, a place where legal matters were traditionally settled in ancient Israelite society. It was a public space where elders and judges would convene to hear cases and render decisions. Depriving the poor of justice indicates a systemic failure to protect the rights of the marginalized, contrary to the biblical mandate to care for the poor and needy (<a href="/proverbs/31-9.htm">Proverbs 31:9</a>). This reflects a broader theme in the prophetic literature, where God condemns social injustice and calls for righteousness and equity (<a href="/isaiah/58-6.htm">Isaiah 58:6-7</a>). The failure to uphold justice for the poor is seen as a direct affront to God's character and His covenant with Israel.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/a/amos.htm">Amos</a> A prophet from Tekoa, a small town in Judah, who was called by God to deliver messages of judgment and repentance to the Northern Kingdom of Israel. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The Northern Kingdom, which was experiencing prosperity but also moral and spiritual decay during Amos's time. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_gates.htm">The Gates</a> In ancient Israel, city gates were places of legal and civic activity, where justice was to be administered. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_righteous_and_the_poor.htm">The Righteous and the Poor</a> Individuals who were being oppressed and deprived of justice by the corrupt leaders and wealthy elite of Israel. 5. <a href="/topical/b/bribery_and_injustice.htm">Bribery and Injustice</a> The specific sins highlighted by Amos, indicating systemic corruption and moral failure among Israel's leaders.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_awareness_of_sin.htm">God's Awareness of Sin</a> God is fully aware of our actions and the state of our hearts. We cannot hide our transgressions from Him. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_justice.htm">The Importance of Justice</a> Justice is a central theme in God's character and His expectations for His people. We are called to uphold justice in our communities. <a href="/topical/t/the_dangers_of_corruption.htm">The Dangers of Corruption</a> Corruption and bribery lead to societal decay and are detestable to God. We must strive for integrity in all areas of life. <a href="/topical/a/advocacy_for_the_oppressed.htm">Advocacy for the Oppressed</a> As followers of Christ, we are called to stand up for the oppressed and ensure that justice is served, especially for the marginalized. <a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a> God offers a path to repentance and restoration. We must turn from our sinful ways and seek His forgiveness and guidance.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_amos_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Amos 5</a> <a href="/q/why_did_assyria_conquer_israel.htm">Why did Assyria conquer Israel?</a> <a href="/q/key_themes_in_amos.htm">What are the key themes in the Book of Amos?</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_a_good_conscience.htm">What are the key themes of the Minor Prophets?</a> <a href="/q/key_themes_of_the_minor_prophets.htm">What are the key themes of the Minor Prophets?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/amos/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) I know.--Most of the commentators imply that the "I" is Jehovah, but it is more likely to be the prophet himself. The adjectives "manifold," "mighty," should be rendered as predicates, That manifold are your transgressions, and mighty your sins, ye afflicters of the just and takers of a bribe, and ye who bow down the poor in the gate. The idea involved in the word rendered "bribe" is the ransom which the poor and defenceless were obliged to pay to a tyrannical judge, in order to escape a harsh sentence. The "gate" is the place where judgment is passed by the chief men.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/amos/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 12. - Your punishment is richly deserved, for "I know how many are your transgressions and how mighty are your sins," especially, as it follows, your sins of oppression and injustice. They afflict the just. The construction is continuous: "afflicters of the just." Hostes justi (Vulgate); καταπατοῦντες δίκαιον, "trampling down the just" (Septuagint); comp. Wisd. 2:12-15. They take a bribe. The translation of kopher as "bribe" is justified, perhaps, by <a href="/1_samuel/12-3.htm">1 Samuel 12:3</a>; but the word is elsewhere used for "ransom," redemption money paid to escape the consequences of crime (<a href="/proverbs/6-35.htm">Proverbs 6:35</a>), in direct opposition to the Law in <a href="/numbers/35-31.htm">Numbers 35:31</a>, which forbade any ransom to be taken for the life of a murderer. The Septuagint has, λαμβάνοντες ἀλλάγματα "taking wares;" the Vulgate (with which the Syriac agrees), accipientes munus. Turn aside the poor in the gate from their right; or, bow down the needy in the gate, i.e. in the place of judgment (see note on ver. 10). Vulgate, pauperes deprimentes in porta; Septuagint, πένητας ἐν πύλαις ἐκκλίνοντες, "turning aside the poor in the gates." The crime specified is that of wresting judgment in the case of the poor, or not giving the poor man justice unless he could pay for it (comp. <a href="/exodus/23-6.htm">Exodus 23:6</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/16-19.htm">Deuteronomy 16:19</a>). <a href="/commentaries/amos/5-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>For כִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction I know יָדַ֙עְתִּי֙ (yā·ḏa‘·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> To know your transgressions פִּשְׁעֵיכֶ֔ם (piš·‘ê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6588.htm">Strong's 6588: </a> Transgression are many רַבִּ֣ים (rab·bîm) Adjective - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7227.htm">Strong's 7227: </a> Much, many, great and your sins חַטֹּֽאתֵיכֶ֑ם (ḥaṭ·ṭō·ṯê·ḵem) Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2403.htm">Strong's 2403: </a> An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender are innumerable. וַעֲצֻמִ֖ים (wa·‘ă·ṣu·mîm) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6099.htm">Strong's 6099: </a> Powerful, numerous You oppress צֹרְרֵ֤י (ṣō·rə·rê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6887.htm">Strong's 6887: </a> To bind, tie up, be restricted, narrow, scant, or cramped the righteous, צַדִּיק֙ (ṣad·dîq) Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6662.htm">Strong's 6662: </a> Just, righteous taking לֹ֣קְחֵי (lō·qə·ḥê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> To take bribes, כֹ֔פֶר (ḵō·p̄er) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3724.htm">Strong's 3724: </a> A cover, a village, bitumen, the henna plant, a redemption-price and depriving the poor וְאֶבְיוֹנִ֖ים (wə·’eḇ·yō·w·nîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_34.htm">Strong's 34: </a> In want, needy, poor of justice הִטּֽוּ׃ (hiṭ·ṭū) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5186.htm">Strong's 5186: </a> To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend at the gates. בַּשַּׁ֥עַר (baš·ša·‘ar) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8179.htm">Strong's 8179: </a> An opening, door, gate <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/amos/5-12.htm">Amos 5:12 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/amos/5-12.htm">Amos 5:12 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/amos/5-12.htm">Amos 5:12 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/amos/5-12.htm">Amos 5:12 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/amos/5-12.htm">Amos 5:12 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/amos/5-12.htm">Amos 5:12 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/amos/5-12.htm">Amos 5:12 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/amos/5-12.htm">Amos 5:12 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/amos/5-12.htm">Amos 5:12 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/amos/5-12.htm">Amos 5:12 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/amos/5-12.htm">OT Prophets: Amos 5:12 For I know how many your offenses (Amo. 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