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Reproof of False Prophets

Micah 2:9

In 11 translations

BSB
You drive the women of My people from their pleasant homes. You take away My blessing from their children forever.
KJV
The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.women: or, wives
WEB
You drive the women of my people out from their pleasant houses; from their young children you take away my blessing forever.
ASV
The women of my people ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their young children ye take away my glory for ever.
LSV
The women of My people you cast out from its delightful house, || From its sucklings you take away My honor for all time.
YLT
The women of My people ye cast out from its delightful house, From its sucklings ye take away My honour to the age.
DBY
The women of my people do ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their young children do ye take away my magnificence for ever.
DRC
You have cast out the women of my people from their houses, in which they took delight: you have taken my praise for ever from their children.
GNV
The women of my people haue ye cast out from their pleasant houses, and from their childre haue ye taken away my glorie continually.
JPS
The women of My people ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their young children ye take away My glory for ever.
LXXE
The leaders of my people shall be cast forth from their luxurious houses; they are rejected because of their evil practices; draw ye near to the everlasting mountains.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
נְשֵׁ֤י עַמִּי֙ תְּגָ֣רְשׁ֔וּן מִבֵּ֖ית תַּֽעֲנֻגֶ֑יהָ מֵעַל֙ עֹֽלָלֶ֔יהָ תִּקְח֥וּ הֲדָרִ֖י לְעוֹלָֽם׃
LXX-Br
Ἡγούμενοι λαοῦ μου ἀποῤῥιφήσονται ἐκ τῶν οἰκιῶν τρυφῆς αὐτῶν, διὰ τὰ πονηρὰ ἐπιτηδεύματα αὐτῶν ἐξώσθησαν· ἐγγίσατε ὄρεσιν αἰωνίοις.

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◆ Prophecies of Micah

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Habakkuk 2:14For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
  • Luke 20:47They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”
  • Ezekiel 39:21I will display My glory among the nations, and all the nations will see the judgment that I execute and the hand that I lay upon them.
  • 2 Corinthians 3:18And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
  • Joel 3:6You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland.
  • 1 Samuel 26:19Now please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD! For…
  • Matthew 23:13Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.
  • Jeremiah 10:20My tent is destroyed, and all its ropes are snapped. My sons have departed from me and are no more. I have no one left to pitch my tent or set up my curtains.
  • Psalms 72:19And blessed be His glorious name forever; may all the earth be filled with His glory. Amen and amen.
  • 2 Corinthians 4:6For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • Micah 2:2They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.
  • Mark 12:40They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”
  • Zechariah 2:5For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”

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