Micah 2:2 — Compare Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

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.

English ASV

And 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.

English Amplified

They covet fields and seize them, and houses and take them away; they oppress and crush a man and his house, a man and his inheritance. [Isa. 5:8.]

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

They covet fields and seize them, and houses and take them away; they oppress and crush a man and his house, a man and his inheritance. [Isa. 5:8.]

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

They covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

They covet fields and seize them; they also take houses. They deprive a man of his home, a person of his inheritance.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

And 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.

English EASY 2024

They take from other people the fields that they want for themselves. They also take the houses that they want. They cheat people to take their homes and their land. It is land that belongs to those people's families.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

They want fields, so they take them. They want houses, so they take them. They cheat a man and take his house and his land.

English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles

They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them away; they oppress a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

When they want fields, they seize them; when they want houses, they take them. No one's family or property is safe.

English God's Word - GW 1995

They desire {other people's} fields, so they seize them. They desire {people's} houses, so they take them. They cheat a man and his family, a man and his inheritance.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

They covet fields and seize them; they also take houses. They deprive a man of his home, a person of his inheritance.

English KJV 1611

And 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.

English LSB

And they covet fields and then tear them away, And houses, and take them away. And they oppress a man and his house, A man and his inheritance.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

They covet fields and seize them, and houses and take them. They defraud a man of his house, and a fellow man of his inheritance.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

They covet fields and then seize them, And houses, and take them away. They rob a man and his house, A man and his inheritance.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

They covet fields, and seize them; houses, and they take them; They cheat an owner of his house, a man of his inheritance.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

They confiscate the fields they desire, and seize the houses they want. They defraud people of their homes, and deprive people of the land they have inherited.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

If they want fields or houses, they take them. They cheat men out of their homes and property.

English NIV

They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them. They defraud a man of his home, a fellowman of his inheritance.

English NKJ 1982

They covet fields and take them by violence, Also houses, and seize them. So they oppress a man and his house, A man and his inheritance.

English NLT

When you want a certain piece of land, you find a way to seize it. When you want someone's house, you take it by fraud and violence. No one's family or inheritance is safe with you around!

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

They covet fields, and seize them; houses, and take them away; they oppress householder and house, people and their inheritance.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

They covet someone’s field and seize it for themselves, and they take over his house as well. They defraud a man of his home and another man of his inheritance.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

They covet fields, and seize them; and houses, and take them away; they oppress a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

You want a certain piece of land or someone else's house (though it is all he has); you take it by fraud and threats and violence.

English Tyndale 1537

When they covet to have land, they take it by violence, they rob men of their houses. Thus they oppress a man for his house, and every man for his heritage.