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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?
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?
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?
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?
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
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Ro'sh
Word Count of 20 Translations in Micah 3:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Leaders Denounced
1 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? 2 But ye hate the good, and love the evil: ye pluck off men's skins, and the flesh from their bones;
Cross References
Psalm 82:1-5
{A Psalm of Asaph} God standeth in the congregation of princes, and is a Judge among the judges.
Isaiah 1:10
Hear the word of the LORD, ye tyrants of Sodom, and hearken unto the law of our God, thou people of Gomorrah.
Deuteronomy 1:13-17
Bring therefore men of wisdom and of understanding and expert, known among your tribes, that I may make them rulers over you.'
Deuteronomy 16:18
Judges and officers thou shalt make thee in all thy cities, which the LORD thy God giveth thee throughout thy tribes: And let them judge the people righteously.
2 Chronicles 19:5-10
And he set judges in the land, throughout all the strong cities of Judah, city by city,
Psalm 14:4
Have they no knowledge, that they are all such workers of mischief, eating up my people as it were bread, and call not upon the LORD?
Jeremiah 5:4-5
Therefore thought I in myself, "Peradventure they are so simple and foolish, that they understand nothing of the LORD's way, and judgments of our God.
Jeremiah 13:15-18
Be obedient, give ear, take no disdain at it, for it is the LORD himself that speaketh!
Jeremiah 22:2-3
and say, 'Hear the word of the LORD, thou king of Judah that sittest in the kingly seat of David: thou, and thy servants, and thy people, that go in and out at this gate.
Hosea 5:1
O ye priests, hear this; take heed, O thou household of Israel; give ear, O thou kingly house. For this punishment will come upon you, that are become a snare unto Mizphah, and a spread net unto the mount of Tabor.
Amos 4:1
O hear this word, ye fat cows, that be upon the hill of Samaria; yea, that do poor men wrong, and oppress the needy; yea, that say to your lords, 'Bring hither, let us drink.'
Micah 3:9-10
O hear this, ye rulers of the house of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel: ye that abhor the thing that is lawful, and wrest aside the thing that is straight;
1 Corinthians 6:5
This I say to your shame. Is there utterly no wise man among you? What, not one at all? That can judge between brother and brother?