Micah 3:2
Modern Translations
New International Version
you who hate good and love evil; who tear the skin from my people and the flesh from their bones;

New Living Translation
but you are the very ones who hate good and love evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh from their bones.

English Standard Version
you who hate the good and love the evil, who tear the skin from off my people and their flesh from off their bones,

Berean Study Bible
You hate good and love evil. You tear the skin from my people and strip the flesh from their bones.

New American Standard Bible
“You who hate good and love evil, Who tear off their skin from them And their flesh from their bones,

NASB 1995
"You who hate good and love evil, Who tear off their skin from them And their flesh from their bones,

NASB 1977
“You who hate good and love evil, Who tear off their skin from them And their flesh from their bones,

Amplified Bible
“You who hate good and love evil, Who tear the skin off my people And their flesh from their bones;

Christian Standard Bible
You hate good and love evil. You tear off people’s skin and strip their flesh from their bones.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You hate good and love evil. You tear off people's skin and strip their flesh from their bones.

Contemporary English Version
but you prefer to do evil instead of what is right. You skin my people alive. You strip off their flesh,

Good News Translation
yet you hate what is good and you love what is evil. You skin my people alive and tear the flesh off their bones.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You hate good and love evil. You strip the skin off my people and the flesh off their bones.

International Standard Version
you who despise good and love evil, who tear off the skin of my people, along with the flesh from their bones.

NET Bible
yet you hate what is good, and love what is evil. You flay my people's skin and rip the flesh from their bones.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

New King James Version
You who hate good and love evil; Who strip the skin from My people, And the flesh from their bones;

King James 2000 Bible
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

New Heart English Bible
You who hate the good, and love the evil; who tear off their skin, and their flesh from off their bones;

World English Bible
You who hate the good, and love the evil; who tear off their skin, and their flesh from off their bones;

American King James Version
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

American Standard Version
ye who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

A Faithful Version
You who hate the good and love the evil; who tear the skin off My people and strip the flesh from their bones;

Darby Bible Translation
Ye who hate the good, and love evil; who pluck off their skin from them, and their flesh from off their bones;

English Revised Version
who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;

Webster's Bible Translation
Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from them, and their flesh from off their bones;

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
But they hate the good, and loue the euill: they plucke off their skinnes from them, & their flesh from their bones.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
But they hate the good, and loue the euill, they plucke of their skinnes from them, and their fleshe from their bones.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
But ye hate the good, and loue the euell: ye plucke of mens skynnes, and the flesh from their bones:
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
You who are hating good, and loving evil, "" Taking violently their skin from off them, "" And their flesh from off their bones,

Young's Literal Translation
Ye who are hating good, and loving evil, Taking violently their skin from off them, And their flesh from off their bones,

Smith's Literal Translation
Hating the good and loving the evil; plucking off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
You that hate good, and love evil: that violently pluck off their skins from them, and their flesh from their bones?

Catholic Public Domain Version
you who hold hatred for good, and love evil, who violently steal their skins from over them and their flesh from over their bones?

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Haters of good and lovers of evil, you who snatch their skin from them and their flesh from their bones

Lamsa Bible
O you haters of the good and lovers of evil, who strip the skin from off the people and the flesh from off their bones;

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Who hate the good, and love the evil; Who rob their skin from off them, And their flesh from off their bones;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
who hate good, and seek evil; who tear their skins off them, and their flesh off their bones:
















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