Micah 3:2New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “You who hate good and love evil, Who tear off their skin from them And their flesh from their bones,
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— 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 (ASV 1901) [2]
— ye who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from them, and their flesh from off their bones;
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Ye who hate the good, and love evil; who pluck off their skin from them, and their flesh from off their bones;
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Ye haters of right, and lovers of wrong,—tearing away their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Ye who are hating good, and loving evil, Taking violently their skin from off them, And their flesh from off their bones,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— You that hate good, and love evil: that violently pluck off their skins from them and their flesh from their bones?
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— But they hate the good, and loue the euill: they plucke off their skinnes from them, ? their flesh from their bones.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Who hate the good and loue the euill, who plucke off their skinne from off them, and their flesh from off their bones.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— O you haters of the good and lovers of evil, who strip the skin from off the people and the flesh from off their bones;
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— [who] hate good, and seek evil; [who] tear their skins off them, and their flesh off their bones:
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; |
Who hate
8130 {8130} Primeשָׂנֵאsane'{saw-nay'}
A primitive root; to hate (personally).
z8802 <8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Participle Active (See H8814) Count - 5386
the good,
2896 {2896} Primeטוֹבtowb{tobe}
From H2895; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural ( good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb ( well).
and love
157 {0157} Primeאָהַב'ahab{aw-hab'}
A primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise).
z8802 <8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Participle Active (See H8814) Count - 5386
the evil;
7451 {7451} Primeרָעra`{rah}
From H7489; bad or (as noun) evil (naturally or morally). This includes the second (feminine) form; as adjective or noun.
who pluck off
1497 {1497} Primeגָּזַלgazal{gaw-zal'}
A primitive root; to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob.
z8802 <8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Participle Active (See H8814) Count - 5386
their skin
5785 {5785} Primeעוֹר`owr{ore}
From H5783; skin (as naked); by implication hide, leather.
from off
x4480 (4480) Complementמִןmin{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
x5921 (5921) Complementעַל`al{al}
Properly the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural, often with prefix, or as conjugation with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications.
them, and their flesh
7607 {7607} Primeשְׁאֵרsh@'er{sheh-ayr'}
From H7604; flesh (as swelling out), as living or for food; generally food of any kind; figuratively kindred by blood.
from off
x4480 (4480) Complementמִןmin{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
x5921 (5921) Complementעַל`al{al}
Properly the same as H5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural, often with prefix, or as conjugation with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications.
their bones;
6106 {6106} Primeעֶצֶם`etsem{eh'-tsem}
From H6105; a bone (as strong); by extension the body; figuratively the substance, that is, (as pronoun) selfsame. |
Micah 3:2
_ _ pluck off their skin ... flesh — rob their fellow countrymen of all their substance (Psalms 14:4; Proverbs 30:14). |
Micah 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. |
Micah 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. |
- hate:
1 Kings 21:20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found [thee]: because thou hast sold thyself to work 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 unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver [it] into the hand of the king. ... And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, [There is] yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
Amos 5:10-14 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly. ... Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken.
Luke 19:14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this [man] to reign over us.
John 7:7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
John 15:18-19 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before [it hated] you. ... If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
John 15:23-24 He that hateth me hateth my Father also. ... If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
Acts 7:51-52 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers [did], so [do] ye. ... Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
Romans 12:9 [Let] love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
2 Timothy 3:3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
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- love:
2 Chronicles 19:2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore [is] wrath upon thee from before the LORD.
Psalms 15:4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. [He that] sweareth to [his own] hurt, and changeth not.
Psalms 139:21-22 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? ... I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
Proverbs 28:4 They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
John 18:40 Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
Romans 1:32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
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- pluck:
Psalms 53:4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people [as] they eat bread: they have not called upon God.
Isaiah 3:15 What mean ye [that] ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
Ezekiel 22:27 Her princes in the midst thereof [are] like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, [and] to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
Ezekiel 34:3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: [but] ye feed not the flock.
Amos 8:4-6 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, ... That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; [yea], and sell the refuse of the wheat?
Zephaniah 3:3 Her princes within her [are] roaring lions; her judges [are] evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
Zechariah 11:4-5 Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter; ... Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed [be] the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not.
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