Micah 2:5
What does Micah 2:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Micah 2:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the line by lot in the assembly of Jehovah.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the Lord.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the line by lot in the assembly of Jehovah.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For this cause you will have no one to make the decision by the measuring line in the meeting of the Lord.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Therefore, thou hast no caster of a line by lot In the assembly of Jehovah.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the cord of a lot in the assembly of the Lord.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the measuring line upon a lot, in the congregation of Jehovah.
Context
v.4In that day shall they take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We are utterly ruined: he changeth the portion of my people: how doth he remove it from me! to the rebellious he divideth our fields.
v.5This passage
v.6Prophesy ye not, thusthey prophesy. They shall not prophesy to these: reproaches shall not depart.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 32:8
When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the children of men, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.
- Psalms 16:6
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; Yea, I have a goodly heritage.
- Deuteronomy 23:2
A bastard shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even to the tenth generation shall none of his enter into the assembly of Jehovah.
- Nehemiah 7:61
And these were they that went up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer; but they could not show their fathers’ houses, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel:
- Joshua 18:10
And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Jehovah: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
- Hosea 9:3
They shall not dwell in Jehovah’s land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria.
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