KJV King James Version
Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.
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Micah 6:15
Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.
WEB World English Bible
You will sow, but won’t reap. You will tread the olives, but won’t anoint yourself with oil; and crush grapes, but won’t drink the wine.
ASV American Standard Version
Thou shalt sow, but shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but shalt not anoint thee with oil; and the vintage, but shalt not drink the wine.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thou—thou sowest, and thou dost not reap, Thou—thou treadest the olive, And thou pourest not out oil, And new wine—and thou drinkest not wine.
Surrounding context — Micah 6
12 For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth.
13 Therefore also will I make [thee] sick in smiting thee, in making [thee] desolate because of thy sins.
14 Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down [shall be] in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and [that] which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.
15 Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.
16 For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.
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אַתָּ֥הH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)תִזְרַ֖עH2232 · za.rato sowוְלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotתִקְצ֑וֹרH7114 · qa.tserbe shortאַתָּ֤הH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)תִדְרֹֽךְ־H1869 · da.rakhto treadזַ֙יִת֙H2132 · za.yit(Mount of) Olivesוְלֹא־H3808 · lonotתָס֣וּךְH5480 · sukhto anointשֶׁ֔מֶןH8081 · she.menoilוְתִיר֖וֹשׁH8492 · ti.roshnew wineוְלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotתִשְׁתֶּה־H8354 · sha.tahto drinkיָּֽיִן׃H3196 · ya.yinwine
Cross-references
Zephaniah 1:13Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit [them]; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.Amos 5:11Forasmuch therefore as your treading [is] upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.Jeremiah 12:13They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, [but] shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD.Isaiah 62:8-9The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn [to be] meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:Leviticus 26:20And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.Deuteronomy 28:38-40Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather [but] little in; for the locust shall consume it.Haggai 1:6Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages [to put it] into a bag with holes.Joel 1:10-12The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.Isaiah 65:21-22And they shall build houses, and inhabit [them]; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
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