Micah 3:12 — compare English translations
Compare translationsMicah 3:12 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
לָכֵן֙
kên
H3651
thus
בִּגְלַלְכֶ֔ם
gâlâl
H1558
on account of
צִיּ֖וֹן
Tsîyôwn
H6726
Zion
שָׂדֶ֣ה
sâdeh
H7704
field
תֵֽחָרֵ֑שׁ
chârash
H2790
to plough
וִירוּשָׁלִַ֨ם֙
Yᵉrûwshâlaim
H3389
Jerusalem
עִיִּ֣ין
ʻîy
H5856
ruin
תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה
hâyâh
H1961
to be
וְהַ֥ר
har
H2022
mountain
הַבַּ֖יִת
bayith
H1004
house
לְבָמ֥וֹת
bâmâh
H1116
high place
יָֽעַר
yaʻar
H3293
forest
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Therefore Zion for your sake will be plowed like a field, And Jerusalem will become heaps of rubble, And the mountain of the temple like the high places of a forest.
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King James Version Public Domain
Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed a field, and Jerusalem will become heaps, and the mountain of the house, as high places of a forest.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).