KJV 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?
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Micah 3:1
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?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?
WEB 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?
ASV 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?
YLT Young’s 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?
Surrounding context — Micah 3
1 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?
2 Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
3 Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
4 Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וָאֹמַ֗רH559 · a.marto sayשִׁמְעוּ־H8085 · sha.mato hear: hearנָא֙H4994 · napleaseרָאשֵׁ֣יH7218 · roshheadיַעֲקֹ֔בH3290 · ya.a.qovJacobוּקְצִינֵ֖יH7101 · qa.tsinchiefבֵּ֣יתH1004 · betplaceיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelהֲל֣וֹאH3808 · lonotלָכֶ֔םH9036 · khemyouלָדַ֖עַתH3045 · ya.dato knowאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃H4941 · mish.patjustice: judgement
Cross-references
Isaiah 1:10Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah.Hosea 5:1Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment [is] toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.Psalm 82:1-5A Psalm of Asaph. God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.Jeremiah 5:4-5Therefore I said, Surely these [are] poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, [nor] the judgment of their God.1 Corinthians 6:5I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?Deuteronomy 1:13-17Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.Psalm 14:4Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people [as] they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD.Deuteronomy 16:18Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.2 Chronicles 19:5-10And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,Amos 4:1Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that [are] in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink.Jeremiah 22:2-3And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates:Micah 3:9-10Hear 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.Jeremiah 13:15-18Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.
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