Micah 3:9
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,

Young's Literal Translation
Hear this, I pray you, heads of the house of Jacob, And ye judges of the house of Israel, Who are making judgment abominable, And all uprightness do pervert.

King James Bible
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.

Hebrew
Now
נָ֣א (nā)
Interjection
Strong's 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then'

hear
שִׁמְעוּ־ (šim·‘ū-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

this,
זֹ֗את (zōṯ)
Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

O leaders
רָאשֵׁי֙ (rā·šê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 7218: The head

of the house
בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of Jacob
יַעֲקֹ֔ב (ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

and rulers
וּקְצִינֵ֖י (ū·qə·ṣî·nê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 7101: A magistrate, other leader

of the house
בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of Israel,
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

who despise
הַֽמֲתַעֲבִ֣ים (ha·mă·ṯa·‘ă·ḇîm)
Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 8581: To loathe, detest

justice
מִשְׁפָּ֔ט (miš·pāṭ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style

and pervert
יְעַקֵּֽשׁוּ׃ (yə·‘aq·qê·šū)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 6140: To knot, distort, to pervert

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

that is right,
הַיְשָׁרָ֖ה (hay·šā·rāh)
Article | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 3477: Straight, right

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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