Micah 6:10

“I will not overlook, ¹  O sinful house, the dishonest gain you have hoarded away, ²  or the smaller-than-standard measure I hate so much. ³ 

biblegateway Mic 6:10

Am I still to forget, O wicked house, your ill-gotten treasures and the short ephah, which is accursed?

biblegateway Mic 6:10

"Is there yet a man in the wicked house, Along with treasures of wickedness And a short measure that is cursed?

biblegateway Mic 6:10

Will there be no end of your getting rich by cheating? The homes of the wicked are filled with treasures gained by dishonestly measuring out grain in short measures.

biblegateway Mic 6:10

"Do you expect me to overlook obscene wealth you've piled up by cheating and fraud?

SABDAweb Mic 6:10

Am I to let the stores of the evil-doer go out of my memory, and the short measure, which is cursed?

bibleoremus Mic 6:10

Can I forget the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is accursed?

biblegateway Mic 6:10

Are there yet the treasures of wickedness In the house of the wicked, And the short measure that is an abomination?

biblegateway Mic 6:10

“I will not overlook, ¹  O sinful house, the dishonest gain you have hoarded away, ²  or the smaller-than-standard measure I hate so much. ³ 

¹ tn The meaning of the first Hebrew word in the line is unclear. Possibly it is a combination of the interrogative particle and אִשׁ (’ish), an alternate form of יֵשׁ (yesh, “there is/are”). One could then translate literally, “Are there treasures of sin [in] the house of the sinful?” The translation assumes an emendation to הַאֶשֶּׁה (ha’esheh, from נָשָׁא, nasha’, “to forget”), “Will I forget?” The rhetorical question expects an answer, “No, I will not forget.”

² tn Heb “the treasures of sin”; NASB “treasures of wickedness”; NIV “ill-gotten treasures.”

³ tn Heb “the accursed scant measure.”

³ sn Merchants would use a smaller than standard measure so they could give the customer less than he thought he was paying for.