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Micah 6

Mic. 6:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thouu shalt sow
zara` (Hebrew #2232)
to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify
KJV usage: bear, conceive seed, set with sow(-er), yield.
Pronounce: zaw-rah'
Origin: a primitive root
, but thou shalt not reap
qatsar (Hebrew #7114)
to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
KJV usage: X at all, cut down, much discouraged, grieve, harvestman, lothe, mourn, reap(-er), (be, wax) short(-en, -er), straiten, trouble, vex.
Pronounce: kaw-tsar'
Origin: a primitive root
; thou shalt tread
darak (Hebrew #1869)
to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string a bow (by treading on it in bending)
KJV usage: archer, bend, come, draw, go (over), guide, lead (forth), thresh, tread (down), walk.
Pronounce: daw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
the olives
zayith (Hebrew #2132)
an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry
KJV usage: olive (tree, -yard), Olivet.
Pronounce: zay'-yith
Origin: probably from an unused root (akin to 2099)
, but thou shalt not anoint
cuwk (Hebrew #5480)
properly, to smear over (with oil), i.e. anoint
KJV usage: anoint (self), X at all.
Pronounce: sook
Origin: a primitive root
thee with oil
shemen (Hebrew #8081)
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
KJV usage: anointing, X fat (things), X fruitful, oil((-ed)), ointment, olive, + pine.
Pronounce: sheh'-men
Origin: from 8080
; and sweet wine
tiyrowsh (Hebrew #8492)
from 3423 in the sense of expulsion; must or fresh grape-juice (as just squeezed out); by implication (rarely) fermented wine
KJV usage: (new, sweet) wine.
Pronounce: tee-roshe'
Origin: or tiyrosh {tee-roshe'}
, but shalt not drink
shathah (Hebrew #8354)
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X assuredly, banquet, X certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk (X -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of 8248.)
Pronounce: shaw-thaw'
Origin: a primitive root
wine
yayin (Hebrew #3196)
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
KJV usage: banqueting, wine, wine(-bibber).
Pronounce: yah'-yin
Origin: from an unused root meaning to effervesce
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Deut. 28:38‑40• 38Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall devour it.
 39Thou shalt plant and till vineyards, but shalt drink no wine, nor gather the fruit; for the worms shall eat it.
 40Olive-trees shalt thou have throughout all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with oil; for thine olive-tree shall cast its fruit. (Deut. 28:38‑40)

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Oil,
Olive, Olive Tree,
Sower; Sowing,
Wine

Cross References

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Lev. 26:20• 20and your strength shall be spent in vain, and your land shall not yield its produce; and the trees of the land shall not yield their fruit. (Lev. 26:20)
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Deut. 28:38‑40• 38Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall devour it.
 39Thou shalt plant and till vineyards, but shalt drink no wine, nor gather the fruit; for the worms shall eat it.
 40Olive-trees shalt thou have throughout all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with oil; for thine olive-tree shall cast its fruit. (Deut. 28:38‑40)
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Isa. 62:8‑9• 8Jehovah hath sworn by his right hand and by the arm of his strength, I will indeed no more give thy corn to be food for thine enemies; and the sons of the alien shall not drink thy new wine, for which thou hast laboured;
 9for they that have garnered it shall eat it, and praise Jehovah; and they that have gathered it shall drink it in the courts of my holiness. (Isa. 62:8‑9)
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Isa. 65:21‑22• 21And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof:
 22they shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree shall be the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. (Isa. 65:21‑22)
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Jer. 12:13• 13They have sown wheat, and they reap thorns; they have put themselves to pain, and do not profit. Be ye therefore ashamed of your revenues, because of the fierce anger of Jehovah. (Jer. 12:13)
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Joel 1:10‑12• 10The field is laid waste, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted, the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.
 11Be ashamed, ye husbandmen; howl, ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley: because the harvest of the field hath perished.
 12The vine is dried up, and the fig-tree languisheth; the pomegranate-tree, the palm also and the apple-tree; all the trees of the field are withered, yea, joy is withered away from the children of men. (Joel 1:10‑12)
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Amos 5:11• 11Forasmuch, therefore, as ye trample upon the poor, and take from him presents of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, and ye shall not drink the wine of them. (Amos 5:11)
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Zeph. 1:13• 13And their wealth shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation; and they shall build houses, and not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and not drink the wine thereof. (Zeph. 1:13)
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Hag. 1:6• 6Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but are not satisfied; ye drink, but are not filled with drink; ye clothe yourselves, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages for a bag with holes. (Hag. 1:6)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and new wine, but shalt not drink wine.