2They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them. They defraud a man of his home, a fellowman of his inheritance.


In Context

1 Woe to those who plan iniquity, to those who plot evil on their beds! At morning's light they carry it out because it is in their power to do it.

2 They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them. They defraud a man of his home, a fellowman of his inheritance.

3 Therefore, the Lord says: "I am planning disaster against this people, from which you cannot save yourselves. You will no longer walk proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.

4 In that day men will ridicule you; they will taunt you with this mournful song: 'We are utterly ruined; my people's possession is divided up. He takes it from me! He assigns our fields to traitors.' "

Micah 2:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:2And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:2And they have coveted fields, and taken them by violence, and houses they have forcibly taken away: and oppressed a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:2And 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:2And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:2And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:2And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:2They 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:2And they have desired fields, And they have taken violently, And houses, and they have taken away, And have oppressed a man and his house, Even a man and his inheritance.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:2And 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.