Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Your rich people are violent; your inhabitants are liars and their tongues speak deceitfully. New Living Translation The rich among you have become wealthy through extortion and violence. Your citizens are so used to lying that their tongues can no longer tell the truth. English Standard Version Your rich men are full of violence; your inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. Berean Standard Bible For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths. King James Bible For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. New King James Version For her rich men are full of violence, Her inhabitants have spoken lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. New American Standard Bible “For the rich people of the city are full of violence, Her residents speak lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. NASB 1995 “For the rich men of the city are full of violence, Her residents speak lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. NASB 1977 “For the rich men of the city are full of violence, Her residents speak lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. Legacy Standard Bible For the rich men of the city are full of violence, And her inhabitants speak lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. Amplified Bible “For the rich men of the city are full of violence [of every kind]; Her inhabitants speak lies And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. Christian Standard Bible For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; the tongues in their mouths are deceitful. Holman Christian Standard Bible For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; the tongues in their mouths are deceitful.” American Standard Version For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. Contemporary English Version You rich people are violent, and everyone tells lies. English Revised Version For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. GOD'S WORD® Translation The rich people in the city are violent. Those who live in the city speak lies, and their tongues speak deceitfully. Good News Translation Your rich people exploit the poor, and all of you are liars. International Standard Version Her rich people are filled with violence, and her inhabitants tell lies— their tongues speak deceitfully! Majority Standard Bible For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths. NET Bible The city's rich men think nothing of resorting to violence; her inhabitants lie, their tongues speak deceptive words. New Heart English Bible Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech. Webster's Bible Translation For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. World English Bible Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionWhose rich ones have been full of violence, "" And its inhabitants have spoken falsehood, "" And their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth. Young's Literal Translation Whose rich ones have been full of violence, And its inhabitants have spoken falsehood, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. Smith's Literal Translation For her rich ones were full of violence, and her inhabitants spake falsehood, and their tongue of deceit in their mouth. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBy which her rich men were filled with iniquity, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue was deceitful in their mouth. Catholic Public Domain Version By this, her wealthy have been filled with iniquity, and her inhabitants have spoken lies, and their tongue was deceitful in their mouth. New American Bible You whose wealthy are full of violence, whose inhabitants speak falsehood with deceitful tongues in their mouths! New Revised Standard Version Your wealthy are full of violence; your inhabitants speak lies, with tongues of deceit in their mouths. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor the rich men of the land are full of deceit, and its inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is treacherous in their mouth. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated For its rich men are filled with fraud and its inhabitants speak falsehood and their tongue is deceitful in their mouths OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917For the rich men thereof are full of violence, And the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. Brenton Septuagint Translation whereby they have accumulated their ungodly wealth, and they that dwell in the city have uttered falsehoods, and their tongue has been exalted in their mouth? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Punishment of Israel…11Can I excuse dishonest scales or bags of false weights? 12For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths. 13Therefore I am striking you severely, to ruin you because of your sins.… Cross References Amos 8:4-6 Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land, / 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. / Let us buy the poor with silver and the needy for a pair of sandals, selling even the chaff with the wheat!” Isaiah 1:23 Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them. Jeremiah 5:26-28 For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men. / Like cages full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become powerful and rich. / They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy. Hosea 12:7 A merchant loves to defraud with dishonest scales in his hands. Proverbs 11:1 Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight. Ezekiel 22:12-13 In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD. / Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst. Zephaniah 3:3-4 Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning. / Her prophets are reckless, faithless men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to the law. James 5:1-6 Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you. / Your riches have rotted and moths have eaten your clothes. / Your gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and consume your flesh like fire. You have hoarded treasure in the last days. ... Habakkuk 2:6 Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’ Malachi 3:5 “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts. Matthew 23:25-28 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. / Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well. / Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity. ... Luke 11:39-42 Then the Lord said, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. / You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well? / But give as alms the things that are within you, and behold, everything will be clean for you. ... Mark 12:38-40 In His teaching Jesus also said, “Watch out for the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, to receive greetings in the marketplaces, / and to have the chief seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets. / They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.” Jeremiah 9:4-6 “Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander. / Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity. / You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD. Isaiah 10:1-2 Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees, / to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder. Treasury of Scripture For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. the rich. Micah 2:1,2 Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand… Micah 3:1-3,9-11 And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment? … Micah 7:2-6 The good 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… spoken. Isaiah 59:3-15 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness… Jeremiah 9:2-6,8 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men… Hosea 7:1,13 When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without… Jump to Previous City Cruel Deceitful Deceitfully False. Falsehood Full Inhabitants Lies Mouth Ones Residents Rich Speak Speech Thereof Tongue Tongues True. Violence Violent WealthJump to Next City Cruel Deceitful Deceitfully False. Falsehood Full Inhabitants Lies Mouth Ones Residents Rich Speak Speech Thereof Tongue Tongues True. Violence Violent WealthMicah 6 1. God's punishment for ingratitude;6. for ignorance, 10. for injustice; 16. and for idolatry. For the rich men of the city The phrase "rich men" in Hebrew is "עֲשִׁירֶיהָ" (ashireha), which refers to those who possess wealth and influence. In the context of ancient Israel, wealth was often seen as a blessing from God, yet here it is associated with corruption. The "city" likely refers to Jerusalem or Samaria, centers of power and commerce. Historically, cities were places where wealth could be accumulated, but also where moral decay could fester. The rich are indicted not merely for their wealth, but for the misuse of their power and resources, reflecting a broader biblical theme that wealth should be used to uphold justice and righteousness. are full of violence her residents speak lies and their tongues are deceitful in their mouths Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Forאֲשֶׁ֤ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that the wealthy of the city עֲשִׁירֶ֙יהָ֙ (‘ă·šî·re·hā) Adjective - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 6223: Rich are full of מָלְא֣וּ (mā·lə·’ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 4390: To fill, be full of violence, חָמָ֔ס (ḥā·mās) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2555: Violence, wrong, by meton, unjust gain and its residents וְיֹשְׁבֶ֖יהָ (wə·yō·šə·ḇe·hā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry speak דִּבְּרוּ־ (dib·bə·rū-) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue lies; שָׁ֑קֶר (šā·qer) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8267: Deception, disappointment, falsehood their tongues וּלְשׁוֹנָ֖ם (ū·lə·šō·w·nām) Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 3956: The tongue are deceitful רְמִיָּ֥ה (rə·mî·yāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 7423: Remissness, treachery in their mouths. בְּפִיהֶֽם׃ (bə·p̄î·hem) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to Links Micah 6:12 NIVMicah 6:12 NLT Micah 6:12 ESV Micah 6:12 NASB Micah 6:12 KJV Micah 6:12 BibleApps.com Micah 6:12 Biblia Paralela Micah 6:12 Chinese Bible Micah 6:12 French Bible Micah 6:12 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Micah 6:12 Her rich men are full of violence (Mc Mic. 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