Micah 6 · Verse 12

Micah 6:12

For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
Micah 6:12, King James Version

Micah 6:12 in other translations

BSBFor the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
WEBHer rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.
ASVFor the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
YLTWhose rich ones have been full of violence, And its inhabitants have spoken falsehood, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
DARBYFor her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
BBEFor its men of wealth are cruel, and its people have said what is not true, and their tongue is false in their mouth.
WebsterFor the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

What does Micah 6:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
12. For--rather, "Inasmuch as"; the conclusion "therefore," &c. following in Mi 6:13. thereof--of Jerusalem.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 For the rich men thereof are full of violence - This shows that they did not love mercy. The inhabitants thereof have spoken lies - This shows that they did not humble themselves to walk with God.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Micah 6:9-16

God, having showed how necessary it was that they should do justly, here shows how plain it was that they had done unjustly. This voice of the Lord says to all, Hear the rod when it is coming, before you see it, and feel it. Hear the rod when it is come, and you are sensible of the smart; hear what counsels, what cautions it speaks. The voice of God is to be heard in the rod of God. Those who are dishonest in their…

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Micah 6:12 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.

אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherwhichH834
עֲשִׁירֶ֙יהָ֙'a.shi.Rei.harich [people] itsH6223
מָלְא֣וּmal.'Uthey are fullH4390
חָמָ֔סcha.MasviolenceH2555
וְיֹשְׁבֶ֖יהָve.yo.she.Vei.haand inhabitants itsH3427
דִּבְּרוּ\־di.be.ru-they speakH1696
שָׁ֑קֶרSha.kerfalsehoodH8267
וּלְשׁוֹנָ֖םu.le.sho.Namand tongue theirH3956
רְמִיָּ֥הre.mi.Yah[is] deceitH7423
בְּפִיהֶֽם\׃be.fi.Hemin mouth theirH6310

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Cross references for Micah 6:12

  • Jeremiah 9:8

    Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

  • Hosea 7:13

    Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.

  • 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 9:2-6

    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. And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord. Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders. And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity. …

  • Isaiah 5:7

    For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.

  • Isaiah 3:8

    For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of his glory.

  • 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. And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

  • Zephaniah 3:3

    Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.

  • Romans 3:13

    Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips:

  • Jeremiah 5:5-6

    I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the Lord, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds. Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.

  • Micah 3:1-3

    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? Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.

  • Amos 5:11-12

    Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them. For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the rich.
2:1,2; 3:1-3,9-11; 7:2-6; Isa 1:23; 5:7; Jer 5:5,6,26-29; 6:6,7
Eze 22:6-13,25-29; Ho 4:1,2; Am 5:11,12; 6:1-3; Zep 3:3
spoken.
Isa 59:3-15; Jer 9:2-6,8; Ho 7:1,13; Ro 3:13

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Context

  • Micah 6:11

    Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?

  • Micah 6:12

    For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

  • Micah 6:13

    Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins.

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Micah 6:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Con lo cual sus ricos se hinchieron de rapiña, y sus moradores hablaron mentira, y su lengua engañosa en su boca.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Parce que ses riches sont pleins de violence, et que ses habitants disent des mensonges, et que leur langue est fausse dans leur bouche:
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ihre Reichen sind voll Gewalttat, und ihre Bewohner reden Lügen, und ihre Zunge ist Trug in ihrem Munde!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		In quibus divites ejus repleti sunt iniquitate, et habitantes in ea loquebantur mendacium, et lingua eorum fraudulenta in ore eorum.