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.


In Context

1 Woe to those devising iniquity, And working evil on their beds, In the light of the morning they do it, For their hand is — to God.

2 And 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.

3 Therefore, thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am devising against this family evil, From which ye do not remove your necks, Nor walk loftily, for a time of evil it is.

4 In that day doth one take up for you a simile, And he hath wailed a wailing of woe, He hath said, We have been utterly spoiled, The portion of my people He doth change, How doth He move toward me! To the backslider our fields He apportioneth.

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 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 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.