Amos

Amos 5:12

12For 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.

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EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Forכִּ֤יkîConjunctionH3588 burning, branding
I knowיָדַ֙עְתִּי֙yā·ḏa‘·tîVerb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singularH3045 know
your transgressionsפִּשְׁעֵיכֶ֔םpiš·‘ê·ḵemNoun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine pluralH6588 transgression
are manyרַבִּ֣יםrab·bîmAdjective - masculine pluralH7227 much, many, great
and your sinsחַטֹּֽאתֵיכֶ֑םḥaṭ·ṭō·ṯê·ḵemNoun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine pluralH2403 offence, penalty, occasion
are numerousוַעֲצֻמִ֖יםwa·‘ă·ṣu·mîmConjunctive waw; Adjective - masculine pluralH6099 mighty, numerous
You oppressצֹרְרֵ֤יṣō·rə·rêVerb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural constructH6887 bind, tie up, be restricted, narrow, scant, cramped
the righteousצַדִּיק֙ṣad·dîqAdjective - masculine singularH6662 just, righteous
by takingלֹ֣קְחֵיlō·qə·ḥêVerb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural constructH3947 take
bribesכֹ֔פֶרḵō·p̄erNoun - masculine singularH3724 the price of a life, ransom
the poorוְאֶבְיוֹנִ֖יםwə·’eḇ·yō·w·nîmConjunctive waw; Noun - masculine pluralH34 in want, needy, poor
of justiceהִטּֽוּ׃hiṭ·ṭūVerb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common pluralH5186 stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend
in the gateבַּשַּׁ֥עַרbaš·ša·‘arPreposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singularH8179 gate

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Amos 2:6–7 · Amos 5:10 · Isaiah 1:23 · Psalm 26:9–10 · Malachi 3:5 · 1 Samuel 8:3 · Acts 7:52 · James 5:4

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.