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.


In Context

1 Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.

2 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.

3 Therefore thus says Yahweh: |Behold, I am planning against these people a disaster, from which you will not remove your necks, neither will you walk haughtily; for it is an evil time.

4 In that day they will take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, saying, 'We are utterly ruined! My people's possession is divided up. Indeed he takes it from me and 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

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

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 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.