Micah 2:8
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8–11“What do you mean, ‘good people’!
You’re the enemy of my people!
You rob unsuspecting people
out for an evening stroll.
You take their coats off their backs
like soldiers who plunder the defenseless.
Copyright 2005 Eugene H. Peterson.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
But lately my people have risen up as an enemy;
you strip the rich robe from those who pass by trustingly
with no thought of war.
Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles
NIVNew International Version (2011)
Lately my people have risen up
like an enemy.
You strip off the rich robe
from those who pass by without a care,
like men returning from battle.
Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.
CSBChristian Standard Bible
But recently my people have risen up
like an enemy:
You strip off the splendid robe
from those who are passing through confidently,
like those returning from war.
Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
NLTNew Living Translation
Yet to this very hour
my people rise against me like an enemy!
You steal the shirts right off the backs
of those who trusted you,
making them as ragged as men
returning from battle.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.
LEBThe Lexham English Bible
But recently my people have risen up as an enemy;
from before the cloak you strip off the robe
from those passing by in confidence,
returning from war.
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy:
Ye pull off the robe with the garment
From them that pass by securely as men averse from war.
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