Polyglot Bible: Micah: Micah 2

This is a scholarly biblical resource presenting Micah chapter 2 in a four-column parallel format across the King James Version (with Strong's concordance numbers), the Greek Septuagint, the Hebrew Masoretic text (Tanakh), and the Latin Vulgate. The chapter is a prophetic oracle from the 8th-century BCE prophet Micah, structured as judgment-then-hope: it opens with a "woe" against powerful landowners who scheme by night to seize fields and houses, then delivers God's counter-pronouncement that comparable ruin will fall on them. A notable tension runs through the chapter — the oppressors silence the prophets, prompting the rhetorical question of whether God's spirit is truly "straitened," before the passage pivots abruptly to a promise of future restoration, gathering the remnant of Israel like sheep led by a divine "breaker" at their head. The parallel-text format is primarily a text-critical and translation-comparison tool, useful for examining how key terms (such as the Hebrew *pōrēṣ*, "breaker," or the disputed verse 6 on silencing prophecy) are rendered differently across traditions. Anyone interested in textual criticism, ancient Bible translation history, or the theology of social justice in the Hebrew prophets will find the source material directly relevant; general readers seeking a single readable text would do better with a standalone translation.

Polyglot Bible: Micah: Micah 2

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