Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Who
And their flesh from their bones,
King James Version
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
Holman Bible
You tear off people’s skin
and strip their flesh from their bones.
International Standard Version
you who despise good and love evil, who tear off the skin of my people, along with the flesh from their bones.
A Conservative Version
Ye who hate the good, and love the evil, who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones,
American Standard Version
ye who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
Amplified
“You who hate good and love evil,
Who tear the skin off my people
And their flesh from their bones;
Bible in Basic English
You who are haters of good and lovers of evil, pulling off their skin from them and their flesh from their bones;
Darby Translation
Ye who hate the good, and love evil; who pluck off their skin from them, and their flesh from off their bones;
Julia Smith Translation
Hating the good and loving the evil; plucking off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones.
King James 2000
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
Lexham Expanded Bible
[Those of you who are] haters of good and lovers of evil, [who] tear their skin from them and their flesh from their bones,
Modern King James verseion
You who hate the good and love the evil; who pull their skin off them, and their flesh from their bones;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But ye hate the good, and love the evil: ye pluck off men's skins, and the flesh from their bones;
NET Bible
yet you hate what is good, and love what is evil. You flay my people's skin and rip the flesh from their bones.
New Heart English Bible
You who hate the good, and love the evil; who tear off their skin, and their flesh from off their bones;
The Emphasized Bible
Ye haters of right, and lovers of wrong, - tearing away their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
Webster
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from them, and their flesh from off their bones;
World English Bible
You who hate the good, and love the evil; who tear off their skin, and their flesh from off their bones;
Youngs Literal Translation
Ye who are hating good, and loving evil, Taking violently their skin from off them, And their flesh from off their bones,
Themes
Error » Known to God » Loved by men
Prayer, answers to » Denied to those who » Cruelly oppress saints
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Micah 3:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Leaders Denounced
1
And I said: Hear, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel! Is it not for you to know justice?--
2
Who
And their flesh from their bones,
Cross References
Psalm 53:4
Have those who work evil no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and do not call upon God?
Ezekiel 22:27
Her princes in her midst are like wolves tearing the prey, shedding blood, destroying lives to get dishonest gain.
Ezekiel 34:3
You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat ones, but you do not feed the sheep.
1 Kings 21:20
Ahab said to Elijah, "Have you found me, O my enemy?" He answered, "I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do what is evil in the sight of the LORD.
1 Kings 22:6-8
Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, "Shall I go to battle against Ramoth-gilead, or shall I refrain?" And they said, "Go up, for the Lord will give it into the hand of the king."
2 Chronicles 19:2
But Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, "Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, wrath has gone out against you from the LORD.
Psalm 15:4
in whose eyes a vile person is despised, but who honors those who fear the LORD; who swears to his own hurt and does not change;
Psalm 139:21-22
Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD? And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?
Proverbs 28:4
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law strive against them.
Isaiah 3:15
What do you mean by crushing my people, by grinding the face of the poor?" declares the Lord GOD of hosts.
Amos 5:10-14
They hate him who reproves in the gate, and they abhor him who speaks the truth.
Amos 8:4-6
Hear this, you who trample on the needy and bring the poor of the land to an end,
Zephaniah 3:3
Her officials within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves that leave nothing till the morning.
Zechariah 11:4-5
Thus said the LORD my God: "Become shepherd of the flock doomed to slaughter.
Luke 19:14
But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to reign over us.'
John 7:7
The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil.
John 15:18-19
"If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.
John 15:23-24
Whoever hates me hates my Father also.
John 18:40
They cried out again, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.
Acts 7:51-52
"You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you.
Romans 1:32
Though they know God's decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.
Romans 12:9
Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.
2 Timothy 3:3
heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good,