Micah 6:10
8 He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
9 The voice of the LORD calls out to the city (and it is sound wisdom to fear Your name): “Heed the rod and the One who ordained it.
Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed?
11 Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights?
12 For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Can I forget any longer, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness and the short ephah, which is accursed?
- KJV
- Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
- WEB
- Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short ephah that is accursed?
- ASV
- Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure that is abominable?
- DARBY
- Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure [which is] abominable?
- BLB
- Are there Yet, O house of the wicked, the treasures of wickedness, and the ephah of leanness, which is accursed?
- ÅB
- Er det ennå i den ugudeliges hus
skatter vunnet med urett,
og en knapp, forbannet efa? - OTB
- Er det fortsatt noen i det onde huset,
Med urettferdige skatter,
Og et kort mål som er forbannet? - B1930
- Er det ennu i den ugudeliges hus skatter som han har vunnet med ugudelighet, og en for knapp efa, en forbannet?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Amos 3:10
“For they know not how to do right,” declares the LORD. “They store up violence and destruction in their citadels.”
Read in contextJeremiah 5:26–27
For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
Read in contextProverbs 20:10
Differing weights and unequal measures — both are detestable to the LORD.
Read in contextAmos 8:5–6
asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.
Read in contextProverbs 21:6
Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit.
Read in contextJoshua 7:1
The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set apart. So the anger of the LORD burned against the Israelites.
Read in contextHosea 12:7–8
A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands.
Read in contextProverbs 20:23
Unequal weights are detestable to the LORD, and dishonest scales are no good.
Read in context