Micah 6:15

Micah 6:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.
• New International Version (NIV)You will plant but not harvest; you will press olives but not use the oil, you will crush grapes but not drink the wine.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“You shall sow, but not reap; You shall tread the olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil; And make sweet wine, but not drink wine.
• New Living Translation (NLT)You will plant crops but not harvest them. You will press your olives but not get enough oil to anoint yourselves. You will trample the grapes but get no juice to make your wine.

Context of Micah 6:15

13Therefore I strike you with a grievous blow, making you desolate because of your sins. 14You shall eat, but not be satisfied, and there shall be hunger within you; you shall put away, but not preserve, and what you preserve I will give to the sword. You shall sow, but not reap; you shall tread olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil; you shall tread grapes, but not drink wine. 16For you have kept the statutes of Omri, and all the works of the house of Ahab; and you have walked in their counsels, that I may make you a desolation, and your inhabitants a hissing; so you shall bear the scorn of my people."

Micah 6:15 word by word

אַתָּ֥ה תִזְרַ֖ע וְלֹ֣א תִקְצ֑וֹר אַתָּ֤ה תִדְרֹֽךְ־זַ֙יִת֙ וְלֹא־תָס֣וּךְ שֶׁ֔מֶן וְתִיר֖וֹשׁ וְלֹ֥א תִשְׁתֶּה־יָּֽיִן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou shalt sowזָרַעzâra‛ · to sowH2232
• but thou shalt not reapקָצַרqâtsar · to reapH7114
• thou shalt treadדָּרַךְdârak · to treadH1869
• the olivesזַ֫יִתzayith · oliveH2132
• but thou shalt not anointסוּךְsûk · to anointH5480
• thee with oilשֶׁ֫מֶןshemen · oilH8081
• and sweet wineתִּירוֹשׁtîyrôsh tîyrôsh · new wineH8492
• but shalt not drinkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
• wineיַ֫יִןyayin · wineH3196

Cross-references for Micah 6:15

• Leviticus 26:20And your strength shall be spent in vain, for your land shall not yield its increase, and the trees of the land shall not yield their fruit.
• Deuteronomy 28:38You shall carry much seed into the field and shall gather in little, for the locust shall consume it.
• Isaiah 62:8The Lord has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm: "I will not again give your grain to be food for your enemies, and foreigners shall not drink your wine for which you have labored;
• Isaiah 65:21They shall build houses and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
• Jeremiah 12:13They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns; they have tired themselves out but profit nothing. They shall be ashamed of their harvests because of the fierce anger of the Lord."
• Joel 1:10The fields are destroyed, the ground mourns, because the grain is destroyed, the wine dries up, the oil languishes.
• Amos 5:11Therefore because you trample on the poor and you exact taxes of grain from him, you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.
• Zephaniah 1:13Their goods shall be plundered, and their houses laid waste. Though they build houses, they shall not inhabit them; though they plant vineyards, they shall not drink wine from them."
• Haggai 1:6You have sown much, and harvested little. You eat, but you never have enough; you drink, but you never have your fill. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm. And he who earns wages does so to put them into a bag with holes.

Commentaries on Micah 6:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap - Thou shalt labor to amass property, but thou shalt not have God's blessing; and whatever thou collectest, thy enemies shall carry away. And at last carry thyself into captivity.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap - Micah renews the threatenings of the law Leviticus 26:16; Deuteronomy 28:30, Deuteronomy 28:38-41, which they had been habitually breaking. Those prophecies had been fulfilled before, throughout their history; they have been fulfilled lately in Israel for the like oppression of the poor Amos 5:11. Their frequent fulfillment spoke as much of a law of God‘s righteousness, punishing sin, as the yearly supply in the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-16Verses 9-16 God, having showed how necessary it was that they should do justly, here shows how plain it was that they had done unjustly. This voice of the Lord says to all, Hear the rod when it is coming, before you see it, and feel it. Hear the rod when it is come, and you are sensible of the smart; hear what counsels, what cautions it speaks. The voice of God is to be heard in the rod of God. Those who are dishonest in their dealings shall never be…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-16I am striking you severely: This phrase introduces the curses God promised to bring upon the disobedient and rebellious people of Israel (see Deuteronomy 28:15–68).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. sow ... not reap--fulfilling the threat (Le 26:16; De 28:38-40; Am 5:11).Read the comment

Topics related to Micah 6:15

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Commentaries on Micah 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings