Micah 1:7

KJV1611 – Modern English

And all her carved images will be beaten to pieces, and all her wages will be burned with fire, and all her idols I will lay desolate: for she gathered it from the wages of a harlot, and they shall return to the hire of a harlot.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    All her carved images will be broken to pieces, all her earnings will be burned with fire, and all her idols I will destroy. Since she gathered them as wages of a prostitute, they will return to the wages of a prostitute.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And all her graven images{H6456} shall be beaten to pieces,{H3807} and all her hires{H868} shall be burned{H8313} with fire,{H784} and all her idols{H6091} will I lay{H7760} desolate;{H8077} for of the hire{H868} of a harlot{H2181} hath she gathered{H6908} them, and unto the hire{H868} of a harlot{H2181} shall they return.{H7725}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And all the graven images{H6456} thereof shall be beaten to pieces{H3807}{(H8714)}, and all the hires{H868} thereof shall be burned{H8313}{(H8735)} with the fire{H784}, and all the idols{H6091} thereof will I lay{H7760}{(H8799)} desolate{H8077}: for she gathered{H6908}{(H8765)} it of the hire{H868} of an harlot{H2181}{(H8802)}, and they shall return{H7725}{(H8799)} to the hire{H868} of an harlot{H2181}{(H8802)}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    All hir ymages shalbe broke downe & all hir wynnynges shal be brent in the fyre: yee all hir Idols will I destroye: for why, they are gathered out of the hyre of an whore, & in to an whores hyre shal they be turned agayne.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And all the grauen images thereof shalbe broken, and all the giftes thereof shalbe burnt with the fire, and all the idoles thereof will I destroy: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shal returne to the wages of an harlot.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    All her images shalbe broken downe, and all her garmentes shalbe brent in the fire, yea: al her idols wyl I destroy: for they are gathered out of the hyre of an harlot, and into an harlots hyre shall they be turned againe.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered [it] of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    All her idols will be beaten to pieces, And all her temple gifts will be burned with fire, And all her images I will destroy; For of the hire of a prostitute has she gathered them, And to the hire of a prostitute shall they return."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And all her graven images are beaten down, And all her gifts are burnt with fire, And all her idols I make a desolation, For, from the hire of a harlot she gathered, and unto the hire of a harlot they return.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And all her graven images shall be beaten to pieces, and all her hires shall be burned with fire, and all her idols will I lay desolate; for of the hire of a harlot hath she gathered them, and unto the hire of a harlot shall they return.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And all her graven images shall be beaten to pieces, and all her hires shall be burned with fire, and all her idols will I lay desolate; for of the hire of a harlot hath she gathered them, and unto the hire of a harlot shall they return.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And all her pictured images will be hammered into bits, and all the payments for her loose ways will be burned with fire, and all the images of her gods I will make waste: for with the price of a loose woman she got them together, and as the price of a loose woman will they be given back.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    All her idols will be beaten to pieces, and all her temple gifts will be burned with fire, and all her images I will destroy; for of the hire of a prostitute has she gathered them, and to the hire of a prostitute shall they return."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    All her carved idols will be smashed to pieces; all her metal cult statues will be destroyed by fire. I will make a waste heap of all her images. Since she gathered the metal as a prostitute collects her wages, the idols will become a prostitute’s wages again.”

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 23:18 : 18 You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD your God for any vow: for even both these are an abomination to the LORD your God.
  • Hos 2:12 : 12 And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, of which she said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the animals of the field shall eat them.
  • Hos 8:6 : 6 For it is from Israel; the workman made it, and it is not God. But the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
  • Hos 10:5-6 : 5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Beth-aven: for its people shall mourn over it, and its priests who rejoiced on it, for its glory, because it has departed from it. 6 It shall also be carried to Assyria as a gift to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
  • Joel 3:3 : 3 And they have cast lots for my people, and have given a boy in exchange for a harlot, and sold a girl for wine that they might drink.
  • Rev 18:3 : 3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown rich through the abundance of her luxuries.
  • Rev 18:9 : 9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived luxuriously with her, shall mourn and lament for her, when they see the smoke of her burning,
  • Rev 18:12-13 : 12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all kinds of citron wood, and all types of vessels of ivory, and all kinds of vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, 13 And cinnamon, and incense, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
  • 2 Kgs 23:14-15 : 14 And he smashed the images, cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men. 15 Moreover, the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he broke down, and burned the high place, and ground it to powder, and burned the Asherah.
  • 2 Chr 31:1 : 1 Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, and broke the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities.
  • 2 Chr 34:6-7 : 6 And so he did in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about. 7 And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and beaten the graven images into powder and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem.
  • Isa 27:9 : 9 By this shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he makes all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten apart, the groves and images shall not stand up.
  • Jer 44:17-18 : 17 But we will certainly do whatever thing proceeds out of our own mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then we had plenty of food, and were well, and saw no evil. 18 But since we stopped burning incense to the queen of heaven, and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
  • Hos 2:5 : 5 For their mother has played the harlot: she who conceived them has acted shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.
  • Lev 26:30 : 30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcasses upon the carcasses of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you.
  • Deut 9:21 : 21 And I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire, and crushed it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I threw the dust into the brook that came down from the mountain.

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