Parallel Verses
King James Version
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
New American Standard Bible
And Jerusalem with violent injustice.
Holman Bible
and Jerusalem with injustice.
International Standard Version
who are building up Zion by means of bloodshed, and Jerusalem by means of iniquity.
A Conservative Version
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
American Standard Version
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
Amplified
Who build Zion with blood [and extortion and murder]
And Jerusalem with violent injustice.
Bible in Basic English
They are building up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with evil-doing.
Darby Translation
that build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with unrighteousness.
Julia Smith Translation
Building Zion with bloods and Jerusalem with iniquity.
King James 2000
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
Lexham Expanded Bible
he who builds Zion with blood and Jerusalem with wickedness.
Modern King James verseion
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Ye that build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with doing wrong.
NET Bible
You build Zion through bloody crimes, Jerusalem through unjust violence.
New Heart English Bible
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
The Emphasized Bible
Building Zion, with deeds of blood, - and Jerusalem, with perversity.
Webster
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
World English Bible
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
Youngs Literal Translation
Building up Zion with blood, And Jerusalem with iniquity.
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Micah 3:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Leaders Denounced
9 Hear 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. 10 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. 11 The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.
Phrases
Cross References
Jeremiah 22:13-17
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;
Ezekiel 22:25-28
There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.
Habakkuk 2:9-12
Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
Zephaniah 3:3
Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
Matthew 27:25
Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
John 11:50
Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.