Micah 3 · Verse 9

Micah 3:9

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.
Micah 3:9, King James Version

Micah 3:9 in other translations

BSBNow hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,
WEBPlease listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and pervert all equity,
ASVHear 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.
YLTHear this, I pray you, heads of the house of Jacob, And ye judges of the house of Israel, Who are making judgment abominable, And all uprightness do pervert.
DARBYHear 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,
BBEThen give ear to this, you heads of the children of Jacob, you rulers of the children of Israel, hating what is right, twisting what is straight.
WebsterHear 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.

What does Micah 3:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. Hear--resumed from Mi 3:1. Here begins the leading subject of the prophecy: a demonstration of his assertion that he is "full of power by the Spirit of Jehovah" (Mi 3:8).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 Hear this - An appeal similar to that in Mic 3:1.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Micah 3:9-12
Zion's walls owe no thanks to those that build them up with blood and iniquity. The sin of man works not the righteousness of God. Even when men do that which in itself is good, but do it for filthy lucre, it becomes abomination both to God and man. Faith rests in the Lord as the soul's foundation: presumption only leans upon the Lord as a prop, and would use him to serve a turn. If men's having the Lord among them will not keep them from doing evil, it never can secure them from suffering evil for so doing. See the doom of wicked Jacob; Therefore shall Zion for your sake be ploughed as a field. This was exactly fulfilled at the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, and is so at this day. If sacred places are polluted by sin, they will be wasted and ruined by the judgments of God.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Micah 3:9 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.

שִׁמְעוּ\־shim.'u-hearH8085
נָ֣אna'pleaseH4994
זֹ֗אתZotthisH2063
רָאשֵׁי֙ra.SheiO chiefs ofH7218
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
יַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoJacobH3290
וּקְצִינֵ֖יu.ke.tzi.Neiand O rulers ofH7101
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
הַֽמֲתַעֲבִ֣יםha.ma.ta.'a.Vimwho loatheH8581
מִשְׁפָּ֔טmish.PatjusticeH4941
וְאֵ֥תve.'Etand <obj.>H853
כָּל\־kol-everyH3605
הַיְשָׁרָ֖הhay.sha.Rah<the> straight [thing]H3477
יְעַקֵּֽשׁוּ\׃ye.'a.Ke.shuthey make crookedH6140

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

Cross references for Micah 3:9

  • 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.

  • Psalms 58:1-2

    To the chief Musician, Al–taschith, Michtam of David. Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.

  • Proverbs 17:15

    He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord.

  • Deuteronomy 27:19

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

  • Hosea 5:1

    Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

  • Micah 3:1

    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?

  • Jeremiah 5:28

    They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

  • Exodus 3:16

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

  • Leviticus 26:15

    And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I pray.
1; Ex 3:16; Ho 5:1
that.
Le 26:15; De 27:19; Ps 58:1,2; Pr 17:15; Isa 1:23; Jer 5:28

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Context

  • Micah 3:8

    But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the Lord, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.

  • Micah 3:9

    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.

  • Micah 3:10

    They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.

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Micah 3:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Oid ahora esto, cabezas de la casa de Jacob, y capitanes de la casa de Israel, que abomináis el juicio, y pervertís todo el derecho;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Écoutez ceci, je vous prie, chefs de la maison de Jacob, et vous, princes de la maison d’Israël, qui abhorrez le jugement et pervertissez toute droiture,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Höret doch dieses, ihr Häupter des Hauses Jakob und ihr Fürsten des Hauses Israel, die ihr das Recht verabscheuet und alles Gerade krümmet;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Audite hoc, principes domus Jacob, et judices domus Israël, qui abominamini judicium, et omnia recta pervertitis: