Rulers and Prophets Condemned
Micah 3:2
In 11 translations
- BSB
- You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.
- KJV
- Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
- WEB
- You who hate the good, and love the evil; who tear off their skin, and their flesh from off their bones;
- ASV
- ye who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
- LSV
- You who are hating good, and loving evil, || Taking violently their skin from off them, || And their flesh from off their bones,
- YLT
- Ye who are hating good, and loving evil, Taking violently their skin from off them, And their flesh from off their bones,
- DBY
- Ye who hate the good, and love evil; who pluck off their skin from them, and their flesh from off their bones;
- DRC
- You that hate good, and love evil: that violently pluck off their skins from them, and their flesh from their bones?
- GNV
- But they hate the good, and loue the euill: they plucke off their skinnes from them, and their flesh from their bones.
- JPS
- Who hate the good, and love the evil; who rob their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
- LXXE
- who hate good, and seek evil; who tear their skins off them, and their flesh off their bones:
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Where the editions differ
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- Written (Ketiv): רָעָה (“evil”). Read aloud (Qere): רָ֑ע (“evil”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads רָ֑עה; read aloud (Qere) reads רָ֑ע (“evil”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- שֹׂ֥נְאֵי ט֖וֹב וְאֹ֣הֲבֵי רעה גֹּזְלֵ֤י עוֹרָם֙ מֵֽעֲלֵיהֶ֔ם וּשְׁאֵרָ֖ם מֵעַ֥ל עַצְמוֹתָֽם׃Read aloud as (qere): רָ֑ע
- LXX-Br
- μισοῦντες τὰ καλὰ, καὶ ζητοῦντες τὰ πονηρὰ, ἁρπάζοντες τὰ δέρματα αὐτῶν ἀπʼ αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰς σάρκας αὐτῶν ἀπὸ τῶν ὀστέων αὐτῶν.
Who and where
◆ Prophecies of Micah
People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
ExtortionBone; BonesMicah (2)FleshPrayer, Answers toGovernmentRulersText of the Old TestamentIsrael, Prophecies concerningWicked (People)
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Cross-references most cited first
- Ezekiel 22:27Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey, shedding blood, and destroying lives for dishonest gain.
- Proverbs 28:4Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them.
- Psalms 53:4Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon God.
- 1 Kings 21:20When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD.
- Romans 12:9Love must be sincere. Detest what is evil; cling to what is good.
- 1 Kings 22:6–8So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and the Lord will deliver it into the hand…
- 2 Chronicles 19:2Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.
- 2 Timothy 3:3unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,
- Romans 1:32Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things are worthy of death, they not only continue to do these things, but also approve of those who practice them.
- Acts 7:51–52You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did. Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the…
- Luke 19:14But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’
- Ezekiel 34:3You eat the fat, wear the wool, and butcher the fattened sheep, but you do not feed the flock.
- John 18:40“Not this man,” they shouted, “but Barabbas!” (Now Barabbas was an insurrectionist.)
- John 7:7The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
- Psalms 15:4who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,
- Zephaniah 3:3Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).