Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Had told lies and said,
‘I will
He would be
King James Version
If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
Holman Bible
and invents lies:
“I will preach to you about wine and beer,”
he would be just the preacher for this people!
International Standard Version
Suppose a man who keeps company with a deceiving spirit prophesies like this: "Drink wine and strong drink!' Won't the people accept him as a prophet?"
A Conservative Version
If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood lies, [saying], I will prophesy to thee of wine and of strong drink, he shall even be the prophet of this people.
American Standard Version
If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood do lie,'saying , I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
Amplified
“If a man walking in a false spirit [spouting deception]
Should lie and say,
‘I will prophesy to you [O Israel] of wine and liquor (greed, sensual pleasure),’
He would be the acceptable spokesman of this people.
Bible in Basic English
If a man came with a false spirit of deceit, saying, I will be a prophet to you of wine and strong drink: he would be the sort of prophet for this people.
Darby Translation
If a man walking in wind and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink, he shall be the prophet of this people.
Julia Smith Translation
If a man going in the spirit and falsehood, lying, I will drop to thee for wine and for strong drink; and he was the dropping of this people.
King James 2000
If a man walking in the spirit of falsehood does lie, saying, I will prophesy unto you of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
Lexham Expanded Bible
If a man walks about in a spirit of deception and lies, [saying] "I will preach to you of wine and strong drink," then he would be a preacher [for] this people!
Modern King James verseion
If a man walks with wind and lies falsely, saying, I will drop words to you for wine and for strong drink, he shall even be a dropper of words for this people.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If I were a fleshly fellow, and a preacher of lies, and told them that they might sit bibbing and bolling, and be drunken: O that were a Prophet for this people!
NET Bible
If a lying windbag should come and say, 'I'll promise you blessings of wine and beer,' he would be just the right preacher for these people!
New Heart English Bible
If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood lies: "I will prophesy to you of wine and of strong drink;" he would be the prophet of this people.
The Emphasized Bible
If there be a man, who goeth after wind, and, falsehood, hath woven, saying - I will discourse to thee, concerning wine and strong drink, then shall he become a fountain of discourse unto this people.
Webster
If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood doth lie, saying, I will prophesy to thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
World English Bible
If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood lies: "I will prophesy to you of wine and of strong drink;" he would be the prophet of this people.
Youngs Literal Translation
If one is going with the wind, And with falsehood hath lied: 'I prophesy to thee of wine, and of strong drink,' He hath been the prophet of this people!
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Micah 2:11
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Context Readings
God's Word Rejected
10
For this is no place
Because of the
A painful destruction.
Had told lies and said,
‘I will
He would be
I will surely gather the
I will put them together like sheep in the fold;
Like a flock in the midst of its pasture
They will be noisy with men.
Cross References
Jeremiah 5:31
And the priests rule
And My people
But what will you do at the end of it?
Isaiah 30:10-11
And to the prophets, “You must not
Prophesy illusions.
1 Kings 13:18
He said to him, “
1 Kings 22:6
Then
1 Kings 22:21-23
Then a spirit came forward and stood before the Lord and said, ‘I will entice him.’
2 Chronicles 18:19-22
The Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab king of Israel to go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one said this while another said that.
Isaiah 9:15
And the prophet who teaches
Jeremiah 6:13-14
Everyone is
And from the prophet even to the priest
Everyone
Jeremiah 8:10-11
Their fields to
Because from the least even to the greatest
Everyone is
From the prophet even to the priest
Everyone practices deceit.
Jeremiah 14:14
Then the Lord said to me, “The
Jeremiah 23:14
The committing of
And they strengthen the hands of
So that no one has turned back from his wickedness.
All of them have become to Me like
And her inhabitants like Gomorrah.
Jeremiah 23:17
‘The Lord has said, “
And as for everyone who walks in the
They say, ‘
Jeremiah 23:25
“I have
Jeremiah 23:32
Behold, I am against those who have prophesied
Jeremiah 27:14-15
So
Jeremiah 28:2-3
“
Jeremiah 28:15
Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah the prophet, “Listen now, Hananiah, the Lord has not sent you, and
Jeremiah 29:21-23
“Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who are
Ezekiel 13:3-14
Thus says the Lord
Ezekiel 13:22
Because you
Micah 3:5
Thus says the Lord concerning the prophets who
When they have something to bite with their teeth,
They
But against him who puts nothing in their mouths
They declare holy war.
Micah 3:11
Her
And her prophets divine for money.
Yet they lean on the Lord saying,
“
Calamity will not come upon us.”
Romans 16:18
For such men are
2 Corinthians 11:13-15
For such men are
Philippians 3:19
whose end is destruction, whose god is their
2 Thessalonians 2:8-11
Then that lawless one
2 Peter 2:1-3
But
2 Peter 2:13-19
suffering wrong as
1 John 4:1
Revelation 16:13-14
And I saw coming out of the mouth of the