Micah 3:9 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁹ Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, that abhor judgement, and pervert all equity.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Hear this, I pray you, you heads of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor and reject justice and pervert all equity,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, that abhor justice, and pervert all equity.

Common English Bible

⁹ Hear this, leaders of the house of Jacob, rulers of the house of Israel, you who reject justice and make crooked all that is straight,

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ Hear this, leaders of the house of Jacob and judges of the house of Israel, you who abominate judgment and who pervert all that is right.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁹ Hear this, ye princes of the house of Jacob, and ye judges of the house of Israel: you that abhor judgment, and pervert all that is right.

Micah 3:9 Cross References

Nehemiah 13:17

Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?

Exodus 3:16

Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, hath appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt:

Proverbs 17:15

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.

Proverbs 17:23

A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of judgement.

Proverbs 18:5

To accept the person of the wicked is not good, Nor to turn aside the righteous in judgement.

Proverbs 21:7

The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away; Because they refuse to do judgement.

Isaiah 1:23

Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves; every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.

Jeremiah 5:28

They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness: they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they should prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge,

Ezekiel 44:23

And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

Hosea 5:1

Hear this, O ye priests, and hearken, ye house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king, for unto you pertain the judgement; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

Leviticus 26:15

and if ye shall reject my statutes, and if your soul abhor my judgements, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but break my covenant;

Amos 5:7

Ye who turn judgement to wormwood, and cast down righteousness to the earth;

Micah 1:1

The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.

Micah 3:1

And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: is it not for you to know judgement?

Deuteronomy 27:19

Cursed be he that wresteth the judgement of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen.