Amo 5:12 | JFB | STEP | 12. they afflict ... they take-- rather, "(ye) who afflict ... take." bribe-- literally, a price with which one who has an unjust cause ransoms himself from your sentence ( , Margin; ). turn aside the poor in the gate-- refuse them their right in the place of justice ( ; ).

‏ Amos 5:12

12. they afflict ... they take--rather, "(ye) who afflict ... take."

bribe--literally, a price with which one who has an unjust cause ransoms himself from your sentence (1Sa 12:3, Margin; Pr 6:35).

turn aside the poor in the gate--refuse them their right in the place of justice (Am 2:7; Is 29:21).