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  • Amos 8:5
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    •  5 Who say, ‘When will the new moon festival be over,+ that we may sell our grain,

      And the Sabbath,+ that we may offer grain for sale?

      So that we may make the eʹphah* measure smaller

      And the shekel* weight greater,

      To falsify our scales of deception;+

  • Amos 8:5
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 5 saying, ‘How long will it be before the new moon passes+ and we may sell cereals?+ Also, the sabbath,+ and we may offer grain for sale; in order to make the eʹphah small+ and to make the shekel great and to falsify the scales of deception;+

  • Amos 8:5
    The Bible in Living English
    • 5 saying “When will the new moon be over so we can sell foodstuffs, and the sabbath, so we can open up grain, using small bushel and big shekel and juggling a cheating pair of scales,

  • Amos 8:5
    American Standard Version
    • 5 saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell grain? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and dealing falsely with balances of deceit;

  • Amos 8:5
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 5 Who say, When will the new moon pass away that we may sell corn? And the sabbath that we may open grain? Who diminish the ephah and increase the shekel, and who falsify by deceitful weights:

  • Amos 8:5
    King James Version
    • 5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?

  • Amos
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025
    • 8:5 it-1 825; w04 11/15 11

  • Amos
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 8:5 w81 6/15 18; ad 577; g66 1/8 23; w33 308

  • Amos
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 8:5

      Insight, Volume 1, p. 825

      The Watchtower,

      11/15/2004, p. 11

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