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Micah 2:2

They covet fields and nseize them,

and houses, and take them away;

they oppress a man and his house,

a man and his inheritance.

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Micah 2:2 — The New International Version (NIV)

They covet fields and seize them,

and houses, and take them.

They defraud people of their homes,

they rob them of their inheritance.

Micah 2:2 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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.

Micah 2:2 — New Living Translation (NLT)

When you want a piece of land,

you find a way to seize it.

When you want someone’s house,

you take it by fraud and violence.

You cheat a man of his property,

stealing his family’s inheritance.

Micah 2:2 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

They covet fields and take them by violence,

Also houses, and seize them.

So they oppress a man and his house,

A man and his inheritance.

Micah 2:2 — New Century Version (NCV)

They want fields, so they take them;

they want houses, so they take them away.

They cheat people to get their houses;

they rob them even of their property.

Micah 2:2 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Micah 2:2 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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

Micah 2:2 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

They desire ⸤other people’s⸥ fields, so they seize them. 

They desire ⸤people’s⸥ houses, so they take them. 

They cheat a man and his family, 

a man and his inheritance. 

Micah 2:2 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

They covet fields and seize them;

they also take houses.

They deprive a man of his home,

a person of his inheritance.

Micah 2:2 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

They covet fields, and seize them;

houses, and take them away;

they oppress householder and house,

people and their inheritance.

Micah 2:2 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

They covet fields and seize them,

and houses, and they take them away.

They oppress a man and his house;

a man and his inheritance.

Micah 2:2 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

If they want fields or houses,

they take them.

They cheat men out of

their homes and property.

Micah 2:2 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

They covet fields and then seize them,

And houses, and take them away.

They rob a man and his house,

A man and his inheritance.


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