Micah 6:12

12 Your rich people are violent; your inhabitants are liars and their tongues speak deceitfully.

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Micah 6:12 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
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.
English Standard Version (ESV)
12 Your rich men are full of violence; your inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
New Living Translation (NLT)
12 The rich among you have become wealthy through extortion and violence. Your citizens are so used to lying that their tongues can no longer tell the truth.
The Message Bible (MSG)
12 I'm tired of the violent rich bullying their way with bluffs and lies.
American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
12 The rich people in the city are violent. Those who live in the city speak lies, and their tongues speak deceitfully.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
12 For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; the tongues in their mouths are deceitful.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
12 The rich people among you harm others. You are always telling lies. You try to fool others by what you say.

Micah 6:12 Meaning and Commentary

Micah 6:12

For the rich men thereof are full of violence
That is, the rich men of the city, to whom the voice of the Lord cried, ( Micah 6:9 ) . Jerusalem or Samaria, or any or all the cities of Israel and Judah; the rich men of these cities, who had enough of the world, and were under no temptation to do an ill thing, to get money; and yet their hands and their houses, and their treasuries, as the Targum, were full of goods gotten by violent measures, by the oppression of the poor and needy: and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies;
the rest of the inhabitants, who were not so rich as others, and who had it not in the power of their hands to oppress as others had; yet used deceitful and fraudulent methods to cheat their neighbours in buying and selling; and, to do this, did not stick to tell downright deliberate lies: and their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth;
say one thing, and mean another; deceive their neighbours with their tongues in trade and commerce; averting things for truth they know to be false.

Micah 6:12 In-Context

10 Am I still to forget your ill-gotten treasures, you wicked house, and the short ephah, which is accursed?
11 Shall I acquit someone with dishonest scales, with a bag of false weights?
12 Your rich people are violent; your inhabitants are liars and their tongues speak deceitfully.
13 Therefore, I have begun to destroy you, to ruin you because of your sins.
14 You will eat but not be satisfied; your stomach will still be empty.You will store up but save nothing, because what you save I will give to the sword.

Cross References 3

  • 1. S Isaiah 1:23
  • 2. S Psalms 116:11; Isaiah 3:8
  • 3. S Psalms 35:20; S Jeremiah 9:3
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