12Her rich men are violent; her people are liars and their tongues speak deceitfully.


In Context

9 Listen! The Lord is calling to the city- and to fear your name is wisdom- "Heed the rod and the One who appointed it.

10 Am I still to forget, O wicked house, your ill-gotten treasures and the short ephah, which is accursed?

11 Shall I acquit a man with dishonest scales, with a bag of false weights?

12 Her rich men are violent; her people are liars and their tongues speak deceitfully.

13 Therefore, I have begun to destroy you, to ruin you because of your sins.

14 You will eat but not be satisfied; your stomach will still be empty. You will store up but save nothing, because what you save I will give to the sword.

Micah 6:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:12By which her rich men were filled with iniquity, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue was deceitful in their mouth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:12For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

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

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:12Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:12Whose rich ones have been full of violence, And its inhabitants have spoken falsehood, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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