Micah 1:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁴ Therefore you shall give parting gifts to Moresheth-gath; the houses of Achzib shall be a deception to the kings of Israel.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moresheth-gath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ Therefore you must give parting gifts to Moresheth-gath [Micah's home town]; the houses of Achzib [place of deceit] shall be a deception to the kings of Israel.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ Therefore shalt thou give a parting gift to Moresheth-gath: the houses of Achzib shall be a deceitful thing unto the kings of Israel.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ Therefore, you will give good-bye gifts to Moresheth-gath; the houses of Achzib have become a deception for the kings of Israel.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ Because of this, she will send emissaries to the inheritance of Gath: the house of Lying in order to deceive the kings of Israel.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ Therefore shall she send messengers to the inheritance of Geth: the houses of lying to deceive the kings of Israel.

Micah 1:14 Cross References

2 Samuel 8:2

He also defeated the Moabites and, making them lie down on the ground, measured them off with a cord; he measured two lengths of cord for those who were to be put to death and one length for those who were to be spared. And the Moabites became servants to David and brought tribute.

2 Kings 16:8

Ahaz also took the silver and gold found in the house of the Lord and in the treasures of the king’s house and sent a present to the king of Assyria.

Psalm 62:9

Those of low estate are but a breath; those of high estate are a delusion; in the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath.

Isaiah 30:6

An oracle concerning the animals of the Negeb. Through a land of trouble and distress, of lioness and roaring lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their riches on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels to a people that cannot profit them.

Jeremiah 15:18

Why is my pain unceasing, my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Truly, you are to me like a deceitful brook, like waters that fail.

Joshua 15:44

Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah: nine towns with their villages.