Micah 7:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

evil. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44.

asketh. asketh [for. reward]. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 16:19). App-92. Compare Micah 3:11.Hosea 4:18.

the judge asketh. the judge [judgeth], &c. Figure of speech complex Ellipsis. Compare Micah 3:11.Isaiah 1:23.

reward. bribe.

his mischievous desire. the mischief of his soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13. Compare Micah 3:9-11.

they: i.e. the prince and the judge.

wrap it up. weave it together. Occurs only here.

it. Hebrew suffix is feminine, so we must supply. feminine noun: e.g. zimmah = wicked purpose, or mischievous device. Isaiah 32:7.

Micah 7:3

3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.