Micah 2:6
What does Micah 2:6 mean?
A plain-English look at Micah 2:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Prophesy ye not, thusthey prophesy. They shall not prophesy to these: reproaches shall not depart.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Prophesy ye not, thusthey prophesy. They shall not prophesy to these: reproaches shall not depart.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Let not words like these be dropped, they say: Shame and the curse will not come to the family of Jacob!
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Ye do not prophesy--they do prophesy, They do not prophesy to these, It doth not remove shame.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Speak ye not, saying: It shall not drop upon these, confusion shall not take them.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Prophesy ye not, they prophesy. If they do not prophesy to these, the ignominy will not depart.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezekiel 21:2
Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel;
- Jeremiah 26:8
And it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that Jehovah had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people laid hold on him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.
- Ezekiel 20:46
Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the field in the South;
- 1 Thessalonians 2:15
who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove out us, and please not God, and are contrary to all men;
- Jeremiah 6:14
They have healed also the hurt of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
- Ezekiel 3:26
and I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover; for they are a rebellious house.
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