Verse List for MIC 2:11

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OET (OET-RV) ⇔  If someone comes to you full of talk and lies and says, ⇔ “I’ll prophesy to you about enjoying wine and strong drink,” ⇔ he’d be considered to be a prophet for this people.

OET-LV If anyone who_walks _of wind and_falsehood he _told _a _lie I _will _prophesy to/for_yourself(m) of_wine and_of _(the)_drink and_it _was the _prophesier _of the _people (the)_this.

ULT If a man walking in wind and falsehood lied, ⇔  "I will drip to you of wine and of beer," ⇔  he would be the dripper of this people.

UST If someone who speaks nothing but lies were to say, ⇔  “I will preach that you should drink wine and beer!” ⇔  that is the kind of prophet you people would accept.

BSB & MSB If a man of wind were to come ⇔  and say falsely, ⇔ “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,”[fn] ⇔  he would be just the preacher for this people!

OEB If a person walking in wine and falsehood were to say, ⇔ “I will prophesy to you of wine and strong drink,” ⇔ then he would be the perfect prophet for this people!’

WEBBE & WMBB If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood lies, saying, ⇔  “I will prophesy to you of wine and of strong drink,” ⇔  he would be the prophet of this people.

NET If a lying windbag should come and say, ⇔ ‘I’ll promise you blessings of wine and beer,’ ⇔ he would be just the right preacher for these people!

LSV If one is going [with] the wind,
And [with] falsehood has lied: I prophesy to you of wine, and of strong drink,
He has been the prophet of this people!

FBV If a false prophet should come to you and lie, saying, “I'll preach to you about the virtues of wine and alcohol,” he would be the perfect prophet for your kind of people.

T4T You people want a prophet who will lie to you, ⇔  saying ‘I will preach that you should drink plenty of wine and other alcoholic drinks!’ ⇔  That is the kind of prophet who would please you.”

LEB • If a man walks about in a spirit of deception and lies,
• saying “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,”
• then he would be a preacher for this people!

BBE If a man came with a false spirit of deceit, saying, I will be a prophet to you of wine and strong drink: he would be the sort of prophet for this people.

Moff The prophet for such folk ⇔ would be some empty fellow and a liar, ⇔ who promised to prophesy of wine and spirits!

JPS If a man walking in wind and falsehood do lie: 'I will preach unto thee of wine and of strong drink'; he shall even be the preacher of this people.

ASV If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.

DRA Would God I were not a man that hath the spirit, and that I rather spoke a lie: I will let drop to thee of wine, and of drunkenness: and it shall be this people upon whom it shall drop.

YLT If one is going [with] the wind, And [with] falsehood hath lied: 'I prophesy to thee of wine, and of strong drink,' He hath been the prophet of this people!

Drby If a man walking in wind and falsehood do lie, [saying,] I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink, he shall be the prophet of this people.

RV If a man walking in wind and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
(If a man walking in wind and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee/you of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.)

SLT If a man going in the spirit and falsehood, lying, I will drop to thee for wine and for strong drink; and he was the dropping of this people.

Wbstr If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood doth lie, saying , I will prophesy to thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.

KJB-1769 If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.[fn]
(If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee/you of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.)

KJB-1611 [fn]If a man walking in the spirit and falshood, doe lie, saying, I will prophecie vnto thee of wine and of strong drinke, he shall euen bee the prophet of this people.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps If a man walke in the spirite, and would lye falsely saying I wyl prophecie to thee of wine and strong drinke: that were a prophete for this people.
(If a man walk in the spirit, and would lie falsely saying I will prophesy to thee/you of wine and strong drink: that were a prophet for this people.)

Gnva If a man walke in the Spirit, and would lie falsely, saying, I wil prophecie vnto thee of wine, and of strong drinke, he shall euen be the prophet of this people.
(If a man walk in the Spirit, and would lie falsely, saying, I will prophesy unto thee/you of wine, and of strong drink, he shall even be the prophet of this people.)

Cvdl Yff I were a fleshly felowe, and a preacher of lyes and tolde them that they might syt bebbinge and bollynge, and be droncken: O that were a prophet for this people.
(Yff I were a fleshly fellow, and a preacher of lies and told them that they might sit bebbinge and bowling, and be droncken: Oh that were a prophet for this people.)

Wycl Y wolde that Y were not a man hauynge spirit, and rathere Y spak a leesyng. Y schal droppe to thee in to wyn, and in to drunkenesse; and this puple schal be, on whom it is droppid.
(I would that I were not a man having spirit, and rathere I spake a falsehood. I shall drop to thee/you in to wine, and in to drunkenness; and this people shall be, on whom it is droppid.)

Luth Wenn ich ein Irrgeist wäre und ein Lügenprediger und predigte, wie sie saufen und schwelgen sollten, das wäre ein Prediger für dies Volk.
(When I a craziness were and a lie(s)prediger and preached, as/like they/she/them drink(v)/guzzle and revel/delight should, the were a preacher for/in_favour_of this/these people.)

ClVg Utinam non essem vir habens spiritum, et mendacium potius loquerer ! Stillabo tibi in vinum et in ebrietatem; et erit super quem stillatur populus iste.
(Utinam not/no I_would_be man having spirit, and a_lie rather I_would_speak ! Stillabo to_you in/into/on wine and in/into/on drunkenness; and will_be over which stillatur the_people this.)

UHB לוּ־אִ֞ישׁ הֹלֵ֥ךְ ר֨וּחַ֙ וָ⁠שֶׁ֣קֶר כִּזֵּ֔ב אַטִּ֣ף לְ⁠ךָ֔ לַ⁠יַּ֖יִן וְ⁠לַ⁠שֵּׁכָ֑ר וְ⁠הָיָ֥ה מַטִּ֖יף הָ⁠עָ֥ם הַ⁠זֶּֽה׃ ‡

BrLXX κατεδιώχθητε οὐδενὸς διώκοντος· πνεῦμα ἔστησε ψεῦδος, ἐστάλαξέ σοι εἰς οἶνον καὶ μέθυσμα· καὶ ἔσται, ἐκ τῆς σταγόνος τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου

BrTr ye have fled, no one pursuing you: thy spirit has framed falsehood, it has dropped on thee for wine and strong drink. But it shall come to pass, that out of the dropping of this people,