Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Then said I, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel, - Is it not yours to know justice?
New American Standard Bible
And I said,
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And rulers of the house of Israel.
Is it not for you to
King James Version
And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?
Holman Bible
you rulers of the house of Israel.
Aren’t you supposed to know what is just?
International Standard Version
"He will say, "Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you officials of the house of Israel! You should know justice, should you not?
A Conservative Version
And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel. Is it not for you to know justice?
American Standard Version
And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: is it not for you to know justice?
Amplified
And I said,
And rulers of the house of Israel.
Is it not for you to know and administer justice?
Bible in Basic English
And I said, Give ear, now, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the people of Israel: is it not for you to have knowledge of what is right?
Darby Translation
And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel: Is it not for you to know judgment?
Julia Smith Translation
And saying, Hear now, ye heads of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel: Is it not for you to know judgment?
King James 2000
And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and you rulers of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?
Lexham Expanded Bible
And I said, "Listen, O heads of Jacob and leaders of the house of Israel! [Is it] not for you to know justice?
Modern King James verseion
And I said, Please hear, O heads of Jacob and magistrates of the house of Israel. Is it not for you to know justice?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Hear, O ye heads of the house of Jacob, and ye leaders of the house of Israel: Should not ye know, what were lawful and right?
NET Bible
I said, "Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel! You ought to know what is just,
New Heart English Bible
I said, "Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: Isn't it for you to know justice?
Webster
And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel: Is it not for you to know judgment?
World English Bible
I said, "Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: Isn't it for you to know justice?
Youngs Literal Translation
And I say, 'Hear, I pray you, heads of Jacob, And ye judges of the house of Israel, Is it not for you to know the judgment?
Interlinear
Shama`
Ro'sh
Word Count of 20 Translations in Micah 3:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Leaders Denounced
1 Then said I, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel, - Is it not yours to know justice? 2 Ye haters of right, and lovers of wrong, - tearing away their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
Cross References
Psalm 82:1-5
God, hath taken his place in the august assembly, In the midst of the gods, will he judge.
Isaiah 1:10
Hear the word of Yahweh, ye rulers of Sodom, - Give ear to the instruction of our God, ye people of Gomorrah: -
Deuteronomy 1:13-17
Set forth for you - men wise and discerning, and known to your tribes, - that I may appoint them to be heads over you.
Deuteronomy 16:18
Judges and officers, shalt thou appoint thee in all thy gates, which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee, by thy tribes, - and they shall judge the people, with righteous judgment,
2 Chronicles 19:5-10
And he stationed judges in the land, throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city;
Psalm 14:4
Are all the workers of iniquity, without knowledge? devouring my people as they devour food! Upon Yahweh, have they not called.
Jeremiah 5:4-5
And, I, said, - Only, poor people, are they, - They act foolishly, For they know not the way of Yahweh, the justice of their God!
Jeremiah 13:15-18
Hear ye and give ear, be not haughty, - For Yahweh, hath spoken.
Jeremiah 22:2-3
and say - Hear thou the word of Yahweh O king of Judah who sittest upon the throne of David, - thou, and thy servants and thy people who enter in at these gates,
Hosea 5:1
Hear ye this - O priests, and attend, O house of Israel, and ye, House of the King, give ear, for, to you, pertaineth the sentence, - for, a snare, have ye been to Mizpah, and a net spread on Tabor.
Amos 4:1
Hear ye this word, ye heifers of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, - who say to their lords, Bring in, and let us drink!
Micah 3:9-10
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel, - who abhor justice, and, all right, do pervert:
1 Corinthians 6:5
With a view to shame you, am I speaking. So, is it possible that there is among you - not so much as one wise man, who shall be able to judge between his brethren, -