Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Do not preach!" they are preaching. They should not preach to these; disgrace will not overtake us.
New American Standard Bible
But if
King James Version
Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.
Holman Bible
“They should not preach these things;
shame will not overtake us.”
International Standard Version
To those who speak out, they will declare, "Don't prophesy to anyone!' so their shame won't go away.
A Conservative Version
Prophesy ye not, they prophesy. They shall not prophesy to these, [so] reproaches shall not depart.
American Standard Version
Prophesy ye not, thus they prophesy. They shall not prophesy to these: reproaches shall not depart.
Amplified
‘Do not speak out,’ so they speak out.
But if they do not speak out concerning these things,
Reproaches will not be turned back.
Bible in Basic English
Let not words like these be dropped, they say: Shame and the curse will not come to the family of Jacob!
Darby Translation
Prophesy ye not, they prophesy. If they do not prophesy to these, the ignominy will not depart.
Julia Smith Translation
Ye shall not let fall in drops; they shall let fall in drops; they shall not let fall in drops for these; shame shall not be removed.
King James 2000
Prophesy not, they say to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not be shamed.
Modern King James verseion
Do not drop words as they drop! They shall not drop words about these; they shall not draw back reproaches.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Tush, hold your tongue," say they. "It shall not fall on this people, we shall not come so to confusion,"
NET Bible
Don't preach with such impassioned rhetoric,' they say excitedly. 'These prophets should not preach of such things; we will not be overtaken by humiliation.'
New Heart English Bible
"Do not prophesy." They prophesy. "Do not prophesy about these things. Disgrace won't overtake us."
The Emphasized Bible
Do not sputter - So they sputter! They must not sputter as to these things, Must he not put away reproaches?
Webster
Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.
World English Bible
"Don't prophesy!" They prophesy. "Don't prophesy about these things. Disgrace won't overtake us."
Youngs Literal Translation
Ye do not prophesy -- they do prophesy, They do not prophesy to these, It doth not remove shame.
Themes
Hindrances » Opposers » Seek to silence the prophets and religious leaders
Micah » One of the minor prophets » The oppressions of the covetous
Opposers » Opposers, hinder religious work » Seek to silence the prophets and religious leaders
Topics
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Micah 2:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Word Rejected
5 Therefore you will have no one casting a line by lot in the assembly of Yahweh. 6 "Do not preach!" they are preaching. They should not preach to these; disgrace will not overtake us. 7 Should [this] be said, O house of Jacob? Is the patience of Yahweh shortened? [Are] these his deeds? Are my words not pleasing to him who walks upright?
Phrases
Cross References
Amos 2:12
But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets, saying, 'You shall not prophesy.'
Isaiah 30:10
who say to those who do see, "You must not see!" and to the seers, "You must not see truth for us; speak smooth things to us, see illusions,
Psalm 74:9
We do not see our signs, and there is no longer a prophet. No one with us knows how long.
Jeremiah 6:14-15
And they have treated the wound of my people lightly, {saying}, 'Peace, peace,' but there is no peace.
Jeremiah 8:11-12
And they have treated the wound of the daughter of my people lightly, {saying}, 'Peace, peace,' but there is no peace.
Jeremiah 26:8-9
{And then} as Jeremiah finished speaking all that Yahweh had commanded [him] to speak to all the people, then the priests and the prophets and all the people laid hold of him, {saying}, "You will die!
Jeremiah 26:20-23
Indeed, there also was a man prophesying in the name of Yahweh, Uriah, the son of Shemaiah, from Kiriath-Jearim, and he prophesied against this city and against this land like all the words of Jeremiah.
Ezekiel 3:26
And I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your mouth, and you will be silenced, and you will not be a reproving man for them, for they {are a rebellious house}.
Ezekiel 20:46
"Son of man, set your face [toward] the way of [the] south, and preach to [the] south, and prophesy against the forest of the territory of the Negev.
Ezekiel 21:2
"Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and preach to [the] sanctuaries, and prophesy to the land of Israel.
Amos 7:13
But do not prophesy again at Bethel, because this [is] a sanctuary of a king and this [is] a temple of a kingdom."
Amos 8:11-13
Look, the days are coming," {declares} my Lord Yahweh, "when I will send a famine in the land, not a famine for bread and not a thirst for water, but {of hearing} the words of Yahweh!
Micah 6:16
For you have observed the regulations of Omri and all the works of the house of Ahab. And you have walked in their counsels, so that I am making you a desolation and your inhabitants an object of scorn. So you will bear the scorn of my people.
Acts 4:17
But in order that it may not spread much [further] among the people, let us warn them to speak no more in this name {to anyone at all}."
Acts 5:28
saying, "{We strictly commanded} you not to teach in this name? And behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching! And you are intending to bring upon us the blood of this man!"
Acts 5:40
And they summoned the apostles, beat [them], commanded [them] not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released [them].
Acts 7:51
"[You] stiff-necked [people] and uncircumcised in hearts and in [your] ears! You constantly resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers [did], [so] also [do] you!
1 Thessalonians 2:15-16
who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and who persecuted us, and [who are] not pleasing to God and [are] opposed to all people,