Micah 3:2
What does Micah 3:2 mean?
A plain-English look at Micah 3:2 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000ye who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
KJV
King James Version · 1611Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901ye who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949You who are haters of good and lovers of evil, pulling off their skin from them and their flesh from their bones;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Ye who are hating good, and loving evil, Taking violently their skin from off them, And their flesh from off their bones,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752You that hate good, and love evil: that violently pluck off their skins from them and their flesh from their bones?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Ye who hate the good, and love evil; who pluck off their skin from them, and their flesh from off their bones;
Context
v.1And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: is it not for you to know justice?
v.2This passage
v.3who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- John 7:7
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.
- Amos 8:4
Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
- John 15:18
If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before it hated you.
- John 15:23
He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
- 1 Kings 22:6
Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.
- Proverbs 28:4
They that forsake the law praise the wicked; But such as keep the law contend with them.
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