Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
out of their comfortable homes,
and you take My blessing
from their children forever.
New American Standard Bible
Each one from her pleasant house.
From her children you take My
King James Version
The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.
International Standard Version
You have evicted the wives of my people from their dream homes; you have removed my majesty from their children permanently.
A Conservative Version
Ye cast out the women of my people from their pleasant houses. Ye take away my glory from their young sons forever.
American Standard Version
The women of my people ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their young children ye take away my glory for ever.
Amplified
“You evict the women (widows) of My people,
Each one from her pleasant house;
From her [young, fatherless] children you take away My splendor and blessing forever [by putting them among the pagans, away from Me].
Bible in Basic English
The women of my people you have been driving away from their dearly loved children; from their young ones you are taking my glory for ever.
Darby Translation
The women of my people do ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their young children do ye take away my magnificence for ever.
Julia Smith Translation
The women of my people ye will thrust out from the house of her delights; from her children ye will take my majesty forever.
King James 2000
The women of my people have you cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have you taken away my glory forever.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You have driven out the women of my people from the houses of their pleasure. From their children you have taken away my glory forever.
Modern King James verseion
You have thrown the wives of My people out from the house of her delight; from their children you have taken away My majesty forever.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
the women of my people have ye shot out from their good houses, and taken away my excellent gifts from their children.
NET Bible
You wrongly evict widows among my people from their cherished homes. You defraud their children of their prized inheritance.
New Heart English Bible
You drive the women of my people out from their pleasant houses; from their young children you take away my blessing forever.
The Emphasized Bible
The wives of my people, ye do even drive out, each from the house of her darlings, - from over her children, ye do take away mine ornament, as long as life shall last.
Webster
The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.
World English Bible
You drive the women of my people out from their pleasant houses; from their young children you take away my blessing forever.
Youngs Literal Translation
The women of My people ye cast out from its delightful house, From its sucklings ye take away My honour to the age.
Themes
Divorce » Often sought by the jews
Micah » One of the minor prophets » The oppressions of the covetous
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Micah 2:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Word Rejected
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like an enemy:
You strip off the splendid robe
from those who are passing through confidently,
like those returning from war.
out of their comfortable homes,
and you take My blessing
from their children forever.
for this is not your place of rest,
because defilement
a grievous destruction!
Cross References
Ezekiel 39:21
“I will display My glory among the nations,
Habakkuk 2:14
with the knowledge of the Lord’s glory,
as the waters cover the sea.
1 Samuel 26:19
Now, may my lord the king please hear the words of his servant: If it is the Lord who has incited you against me,
Psalm 72:19
the whole earth is filled with His glory.
Amen and amen.
Jeremiah 10:20
all my tent cords are snapped.
My sons have departed from me and are no more.
I have no one to pitch my tent again
or to hang up my curtains.
Joel 3:6
You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks
Micah 2:2
they also take houses.
They deprive a man of his home,
a person of his inheritance.
Zechariah 2:5
The declaration of the Lord: “I will be a wall
Matthew 23:13
Mark 12:40
Luke 20:47
2 Corinthians 3:18
We all, with unveiled faces, are looking as in a mirror at
2 Corinthians 4:6
For God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,”