Micah 2 · Verse 5

Micah 2:5

Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the Lord.
Micah 2:5, King James Version

Micah 2:5 in other translations

BSBTherefore, you will have no one in the assembly of the LORD to divide the land by lot.
WEBTherefore you will have no one who divides the land by lot in the LORD’s assembly.
ASVTherefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the line by lot in the assembly of Jehovah.
YLTTherefore, thou hast no caster of a line by lot In the assembly of Jehovah.
DARBYTherefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the measuring line upon a lot, in the congregation of Jehovah.
BBEFor this cause you will have no one to make the decision by the measuring line in the meeting of the Lord.
WebsterTherefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD.

What does Micah 2:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. Therefore--resumed from Mi 2:3. On account of your crimes described in Mi 2:1, 2. thou--the ideal individual ("me," Mi 2:4), representing the guilty people in whose name he spoke. none that ... cast a cord by lot--none who shall have any possession measured out. in the congregation of the Lord--among the people consecrated to Jehovah. By covetousness and violence (Mi 2:2) they had forfeited "the portion of Jehovah's people." This is God's implied answer to their complaint of injustice (Mi 2:4).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 None that shall cast a cord - You will no more have your inheritance divided to you by lot, as it was to your fathers; ye shall neither have fields nor possessions of any kind.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Micah 2:1-5

Woe to the people that devise evil during the night, and rise early to carry it into execution! It is bad to do mischief on a sudden thought, much worse to do it with design and forethought. It is of great moment to improve and employ hours of retirement and solitude in a proper manner. If covetousness reigns in the heart, compassion is banished; and when the heart is thus engaged, violence and fraud commonly occupy…

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Micah 2:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לָכֵן֙la.Khen<to> thereforeH3651
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
יִֽהְיֶ֣הyih.Yehhe will belongH1961
לְךָ֔le.Khato you
מַשְׁלִ֥יךְmash.Likh[one who] castsH7993
חֶ֖בֶלChe.vela measuring-lineH2256
בְּגוֹרָ֑לbe.go.Ralby lotH1486
בִּקְהַ֖לbik.Halin [the] assembly ofH6951
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Micah 2:5

  • Joshua 18:4

    Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me.

  • Deuteronomy 32:8

    When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.

  • Joshua 18:10

    And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.

  • Deuteronomy 23:2

    A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the Lord.

  • Psalms 16:6

    The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

  • Hosea 9:3

    They shall not dwell in the Lord’s land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.

  • Nehemiah 7:61

    And these were they which went up also from Tel–melah, Tel–haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.

  • Deuteronomy 23:8

    The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the Lord in their third generation.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
cast.
De 32:8; Jos 18:4,10; Ps 16:6; Ho 9:3
the congregation.
De 23:2,8; Ne 7:61

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Context

  • Micah 2:4

    In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.

  • Micah 2:5

    Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the Lord.

  • Micah 2:6

    Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.

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Micah 2:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Por tanto, no tendrás quien eche cordel para suerte en la congregación de Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		C’est pourquoi tu n’auras personne qui étende le cordeau pour faire un lot dans la congrégation de l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Darum wirst du niemand haben, der in der Versammlung Jehovas die Meßschnur wirft, um ein Los zu bestimmen
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Propter hoc non erit tibi mittens funiculum sortis in cœtu Domini.