The Punishment of Israel
Micah 6:10
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed?
- KJV
- ¶ Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?Are…: or, Is there yet unto every man an house of the, etcscant…: Heb. measure of leanness
- WEB
- Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short ephah that is accursed?An ephah is a measure of volume (about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel), and a short ephah is made smaller than a full ephah for the purpose of cheating customers.
- ASV
- Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure that is abominable?
- LSV
- Are there yet [in] the house of the wicked || Treasures of wickedness, || And the abhorred meager ephah?
- YLT
- Are there yet [in] the house of the wicked Treasures of wickedness, And the abhorred scanty ephah?
- DBY
- Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure [which is] abominable?
- DRC
- As yet there is a fire in the house of the wicked, the treasures of iniquity, and a scant measure full of wrath.
- GNV
- Are yet the treasures of wickednes in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure, that is abominable?
- JPS
- Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
- LXXE
- Is there not fire, and the house of the wicked heaping up wicked treasures, and that with the pride of unrighteousness?
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- ע֗וֹד הַאִשׁ֙ בֵּ֣ית רָשָׁ֔ע אֹצְר֖וֹת רֶ֑שַׁע וְאֵיפַ֥ת רָז֖וֹן זְעוּמָֽה׃
- LXX-Br
- Μὴ πῦρ καὶ οἶκος ἀνόμου θησαυρίζων θησαυροὺς ἀνόμους, καὶ μετὰ ὕβρεως ἀδικίας;
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Cross-references most cited first
- Amos 3:10“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”
- Jeremiah 5:26–27For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men. Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich.
- Proverbs 21:6Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
- Proverbs 20:10Differing weights and unequal measures — both are detestable to the LORD.
- Amos 8:5–6asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales. Let us buy the…
- Zechariah 5:3–4Then he told me, “This is the curse that is going out over the face of all the land, for according to one side of the scroll, every thief will be removed; and according to the other side, every perjurer will be…
- Proverbs 20:23Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.
- Proverbs 11:1Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
- Habakkuk 2:5–11and wealth indeed betrays him. He is an arrogant man never at rest. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, and like Death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations to himself and collects all the peoples as his…
- James 5:1–4Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and…
- Ezekiel 45:9–12For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Enough, O princes of Israel! Cease your violence and oppression, and do what is just and right. Stop dispossessing My people, declares the Lord GOD.’ You must use honest scales, a…
- Proverbs 10:2Ill-gotten treasures profit nothing, but righteousness brings deliverance from death.
- Deuteronomy 25:13–16You shall not have two differing weights in your bag, one heavy and one light. You shall not have two differing measures in your house, one large and one small. You must maintain accurate and honest weights and…
- Joshua 7:1The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set apart. So the anger of…
- Hosea 12:7–8A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands. And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”
- 2 Kings 5:23–24But Naaman insisted, “Please, take two talents.” And he urged Gehazi to accept them. Then he tied up two talents of silver in two bags along with two sets of clothing and gave them to two of his servants, who carried…
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