MIC 6:12 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) The city’s rich men are full of violence,
⇔ the inhabitants have spoken lies,
⇔ and you can’t believe a word that they say.

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX ἐξ ὧν τὸν πλοῦτον αὐτῶν ἀσεβείας ἔπλησαν, καὶ οἱ κατοικοῦντες αὐτὴν ἐλάλουν ψεύδη, καὶ ἡ γλῶσσα αὐτῶν ὑψώθη ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν;
(ex hōn ton plouton autōn asebeias eplaʸsan, kai hoi katoikountes autaʸn elaloun pseudaʸ, kai haʸ glōssa autōn hupsōthaʸ en tōi stomati autōn; )

BrTr whereby they have accumulated their ungodly wealth, and they that dwell in the city have uttered falsehoods, and their tongue has been exalted in their mouth?

ULT The rich men are full of violence,
⇔ the inhabitants have spoken lies,
⇔ and their tongue in their mouth is deceitful.

UST The rich people among you always act violently to get money from poor people.
⇔ All of the people in Jerusalem are liars,
⇔ and they always deceive people.

BSB For the wealthy of the city are full of violence, and its residents speak lies; their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.
⇔ 

OEB Whose rich people are full of violence,
⇔ her inhabitants liars,
⇔ whose tongues speak deceit?

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

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The city’s rich men think nothing of resorting to violence;
⇔ her inhabitants lie,
⇔ their tongues speak deceptive words.

LSV Whose rich ones have been full of violence,
And its inhabitants have spoken falsehood,
And their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth.

FBV Your rich people make money by using violence; they tell lies and practice deceit.

T4T The rich people among you always act violently to get money from poor people.
⇔ All of the people in Jerusalem are liars,
⇔ and they [SYN] always deceive people.

LEB No LEB MIC book available

BBE For its men of wealth are cruel, and its people have said what is not true, and their tongue is false in their mouth.

Moff No Moff MIC book available

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

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

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

YLT Whose rich ones have been full of violence, And its inhabitants have spoken falsehood, And their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth.

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

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

SLT For her rich ones were full of violence, and her inhabitants spake falsehood, and their tongue of deceit in their mouth.

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

KJB-1769 For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

KJB-1611 For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof haue spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitfull in their mouth.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps No Bshps MIC book available

Gnva For the rich men thereof are full of crueltie, and the inhabitants thereof haue spoken lyes, and their tongue is deceitfull in their mouth.
(For the rich men thereof are full of cruelty, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. )

Cvdl No Cvdl MIC book available

Wycl No Wycl MIC book available

Luth No Luth MIC book available

ClVg In quibus divites ejus repleti sunt iniquitate, et habitantes in ea loquebantur mendacium, et lingua eorum fraudulenta in ore eorum.
(In to_whom divites his filled are iniquity, and inhabitants in/into/on them loquebantur a_lie, and tongue/language their fraudulenta in/into/on vocally their. )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT MIC book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) The rich men are full of violence

(Some words not found in UHB: which/who rich_of,her full_of violence/cruelty and,inhabitants_of,her speak lies and,tongues_of,their deceitful in/on/at/with,mouth_of,their )

Rich men are spoken of as if they were containers, and people treating each other violently is spoken of as if it were a liquid that could be put into a container. Alternate translation: “The rich men act violently toward everyone”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

(Occurrence 0) their tongue in their mouth is deceitful

(Some words not found in UHB: which/who rich_of,her full_of violence/cruelty and,inhabitants_of,her speak lies and,tongues_of,their deceitful in/on/at/with,mouth_of,their )

The tongue is a synecdoche for the person. Alternate translation: “Everything they say is a lie”

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