Micah 2:2New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— They covet fields and then seize [them], And houses, and take [them] away. They rob a man and his house, A man and his inheritance.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And they covet fields, and take [them] by violence; and houses, and take [them] away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— And they covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And they covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away: and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And they covet fields, and take [them] by violence; and houses, and take [them] away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away; and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Thus do they covet fields and seize them, and houses and take them away,—and so they oppress the master and his household, the man and his inheritance.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— And they have desired fields, And they have taken violently, And houses, and they have taken away, And have oppressed a man and his house, Even a man and his inheritance.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And they have coveted fields, and taken them by violence, and houses they have forcibly taken away: and oppressed a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And they couet fields, and take them by violence, and houses, and take them away: so they oppresse a man and his house, euen man and his heritage.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And they couet fields and take [them] by violence: and houses, and take [them] away: so they oppresse a man and his house, euen a man and his heritage.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— They covet fields and houses, and seize them by force; they oppress a man, taking away from him his possessions and his inheritance.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— And they desired fields, and plundered orphans, and oppressed families, and spoiled a man and his house, even a man and his inheritance.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And they covet fields, and take [them] by violence; and houses, and take [them] away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. |
And they covet
2530 {2530} Primeחמדchamad{khaw-mad'}
A primitive root; to delight in.
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
fields,
7704 {7704} Primeשָׂדֶהsadeh{saw-deh'}
From an unused root meaning to spread out; a field (as flat).
and take [ them] by violence;
1497 {1497} Primeגָּזַלgazal{gaw-zal'}
A primitive root; to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob.
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
and houses,
1004 {1004} Primeבַּיִתbayith{bah'-yith}
Probably from H1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.).
and take [ them] away:
5375 {5375} Primeנָשָׂאnasa'{naw-saw'}
A primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, absolutely and relatively.
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
so they oppress
6231 {6231} Primeעָשַׁק`ashaq{aw-shak'}
A primitive root (compare H6229); to press upon, that is, oopress, defraud, violate, overflow.
z8804 <8804> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 12562
a man
1397 {1397} Primeגֶּבֶרgeber{gheh'-ber}
From H1396; properly a valiant man or warrior; generally a person simply.
and his house,
1004 {1004} Primeבַּיִתbayith{bah'-yith}
Probably from H1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.).
even a man
376 {0376} Primeאִישׁ'iysh{eesh}
Contracted for H0582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation.).
and his heritage.
5159 {5159} Primeנַחֲלָהnachalah{nakh-al-aw'}
From H5157 (in its usual sense); properly something inherited, that is, (abstractly) occupancy, or (concretely) an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion. |
Micah 2:2
_ _ Parallelism, “Take by violence,” answers to “take away”; “fields” and “houses,” to “house” and “heritage” (that is, one’s land). |
Micah 2:2
And his house — His family, which by this means is left to poverty. And his heritage — And this is done against ancient right and possession, nay, in a case where God hath forbidden them to sell their heritage. |
- they covet:
Exodus 20:17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that [is] thy neighbour's.
1 Kings 21:2-19 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it [is] near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; [or], if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money. ... And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
Job 31:38 If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
Isaiah 5:8 Woe unto them that join house to house, [that] lay field to field, till [there be] no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
Jeremiah 22:17 But thine eyes and thine heart [are] not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do [it].
Amos 8:4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
Habakkuk 2:5-9 Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, [he is] a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and [is] as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people: ... Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
1 Timothy 6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
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Micah 3:9 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
Exodus 22:21-24 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. ... And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
2 Kings 9:26 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take [and] cast him into the plat [of ground], according to the word of the LORD.
Nehemiah 5:1-5 And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. ... Yet now our flesh [is] as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and [some] of our daughters are brought unto bondage [already]: neither [is it] in our power [to redeem them]; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
Job 24:2-12 [Some] remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed [thereof]. ... Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly [to them].
Ezekiel 18:12 Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,
Ezekiel 22:12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD.
Amos 8:4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail,
Malachi 3:5 And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in [his] wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger [from his right], and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
Matthew 23:14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
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- oppress:
- or, defraud,
1 Samuel 12:3-4 Behold, here I [am]: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received [any] bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. ... And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand.
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