Micah 3:2 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

You hate good and love evil. You strip the skin off my people and the flesh off their bones.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

ASV:

ye who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

BBE:

You who are haters of good and lovers of evil, pulling off their skin from them and their flesh from their bones;

DBY:

Ye who hate the good, and love evil; who pluck off their skin from them, and their flesh from off their bones;

ERV:

who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

JPS:

Who hate the good, and love the evil; who rob their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

WBS:

Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from them, and their flesh from off their bones;

WEB:

You who hate the good, and love the evil; who tear off their skin, and their flesh from off their bones;

YLT:

Ye who are hating good, and loving evil, Taking violently their skin from off them, And their flesh from off their bones,

Micah 3:2 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 53:4 Have the workers of wickedness no knowledge, Who eat up My people as though they ate bread And have not called upon God?

Ezekiel 22:27 "Her princes within her are like wolves tearing the prey, by shedding blood and destroying lives in order to get dishonest gain.

Micah 2:8 "Recently My people have arisen as an enemy-- You strip the robe off the garment From unsuspecting passers-by, From those returned from war.

Micah 7:2 The godly person has perished from the land, And there is no upright person among men. All of them lie in wait for bloodshed; Each of them hunts the other with a net.

Micah 7:3 Concerning evil, both hands do it well. The prince asks, also the judge, for a bribe, And a great man speaks the desire of his soul; So they weave it together. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

3:2 Who hate the good, and love the evil; {b} who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
(b) The Prophet condemns the wicked governors not only of covetousness, theft, and murder, but compares them to wolves, lions, and most cruel beasts.

WES:

3:2 The good - Ye who hate not only to do good, but the good which is done, and those that do it. The evil - Chuse, and delight in, both evil works and evil workers. Who pluck it off - Ye who use the flock as cruelly as the shepherd, who instead of shearing the fleece, would pluck off the skin and flesh.

MHC:

3:1-8 Men cannot expect to do ill, and fare well; but to find that done to them which they did to others. How seldom do wholesome truths reach the ears of those in high stations or in authority! Those who deceive others are preparing confusion for their own faces. The prophet had ardent love to God and to the souls of men; deep concern for his glory and their salvation, and zeal against sin. The difficulties he met with did not drive him from his work. He had this strength; not from and of himself, but he was full of power by the Spirit of the Lord. Those who act honestly, may act boldly. And those who come to hear the word of God, must be willing to be told of their faults, must take it kindly, and be thankful.

CONC:

Bones Evil Flesh Hate Haters Hating Love Lovers Loving Pluck Pulling Rob Skin Taking Tear Violently

Bones Evil Flesh Good Hate Haters Hating Love Pluck Pulling Rob Skin Tear Violently

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