6Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.


In Context

3 Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil.

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.

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

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

7 O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?

8 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.

Micah 2:6 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:6"Do not prophesy," their prophets say. "Do not prophesy about these things; disgrace will not overtake us."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:6Speak ye not, saying: It shall not drop upon these, confusion shall not take them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:6Prophesy ye not, thus they prophesy. They shall not prophesy to these: reproaches shall not depart.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6Prophesy ye not, they prophesy. If they do not prophesy to these, the ignominy will not depart.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:6Prophesy ye not, thus they prophesy. They shall not prophesy to these: reproaches shall not depart.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6|Don't prophesy!| They prophesy. |Don't prophesy about these things. Disgrace won't overtake us.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:6Ye do not prophesy — they do prophesy, They do not prophesy to these, It doth not remove shame.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:6Prophesy you not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame.