Parallel Verses
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?
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,
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
Shama`
Ro'sh
Word Count of 20 Translations in Micah 3:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Leaders Denounced
1 I said, "Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: Isn't it for you to know justice? 2 You who hate the good, and love the evil; who tear off their skin, and their flesh from off their bones;
Cross References
Psalm 82:1-5
God presides in the great assembly. He judges among the gods.
Isaiah 1:10
Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom. Listen to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah.
Deuteronomy 1:13-17
Take wise men of understanding and well known according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you."
Deuteronomy 16:18
You shall make judges and officers in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
2 Chronicles 19:5-10
He set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,
Psalm 14:4
Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call on the LORD?
Jeremiah 5:4-5
Then I said, "Surely these are poor. They are foolish; for they do not know the way of the LORD, nor the law of their God.
Jeremiah 13:15-18
"Hear, and give ear; do not be proud; for the LORD has spoken.
Jeremiah 22:2-3
Say, 'Hear the word of the LORD, king of Judah, who sits on the throne of David, you, and your servants, and your people who enter in by these gates.
Hosea 5:1
"Listen to this, you priests. Listen, house of Israel, and give ear, house of the king. For the judgment is against you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread on Tabor.
Amos 4:1
Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husbands, "Bring us drinks."
Micah 3:9-10
Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and pervert all equity.
1 Corinthians 6:5
I say this to move you to shame. Is not there even one wise man among you who would be able to decide between his brothers?