Verse Comparison: Amos 2:8
American Standard Version
and they lay themselves down beside every altar upon clothes taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of such as have been fined.
Amplified® Bible
And they lay themselves down beside every [pagan] altar upon clothes they have taken in pledge [for indebtedness], and in the house of their God [in daring contempt of Him] they frivolously drink the wine which has been exacted from those [unjustly] fined.
Contemporary English Version
They lie down beside altars on clothes taken as security for loans. And they drink wine in my temple, wine bought with the money they received from fines.
Darby English Version
And they lay [themselves] down by every altar upon clothes taken in pledge, and they drink [in] the house of their God the wine of the condemned.
Good News Bible
At every place of worship people sleep on clothing that they have taken from the poor as security for debts. In the temple of their God they drink wine which they have taken from those who owe them money.
King James Version
And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
New American Standard Bible
"On garments taken as pledges they stretch out beside every altar, And in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.
New International Version
They lie down beside every altar
on garments taken in pledge.
In the house of their god
they drink wine taken as fines.
New King James Version
They lie down by every altar on clothes taken in pledge,
And drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"On garments taken as pledges they stretch out beside every altar, And in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have received fines.
Revised Standard Version
they lay themselves down beside every altar upon garments taken in pledge; and in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined.
Young's Literal Translation
And on pledged garments they stretch themselves near every altar, And the wine of fined ones they drink `in' the house of their gods.
