Micah 2:8 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁸ But of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye strip the robe from off the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ But lately (yesterday) My people have stood up as an enemy [and have made Me their antagonist]. Off from the garment you strip the cloak of those who pass by in secure confidence of safety and are averse to war.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ But of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye strip the robe from off the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war.

Common English Bible

⁸ But yesterday, my people, the LORD rose up as an enemy. You strip off the glorious clothes from trusting passersby, those who reject war.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ But, to the contrary, my people have risen up in opposition. You have lifted the cover from the undergarment, and those who passed by harmlessly, you have converted into war.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ But my people, on the contrary, are risen up as an enemy: you have taken away the cloak off from the coat: and them that passed harmless you have turned to war.

Micah 2:8 Cross References

2 Samuel 20:19

I am of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?

Psalm 55:20

He hath put forth his hands against such as were at peace with him: He hath profaned his covenant.

Isaiah 9:21

Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

Jeremiah 12:8

Mine heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest: she hath uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her.

Micah 3:2

who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

Micah 3:3

who also eat the flesh of my people; and they flay their skin from off them, and break their bones: yea, they chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.

Micah 7:2

The godly man is perished out of the earth, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

Micah 7:3

Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge is ready for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the mischief of his soul: thus they weave it together.