Micah 6:15
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“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.”
קָצַר
to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
שֶׁמֶן
oil
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שֶׁמֶן
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
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דָּרַךְ
you will tread
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דָּרַךְ
to tread; by implication, to walk; also to string abow (by treading on it in bending)
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זַיִת
olives
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זַיִת
an olive (as yielding illuminating oil), the tree, the branch or the berry
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זָרַע
you will sow
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זָרַע
to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify
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יַיִן
wine
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יַיִן
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
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סוּךְ
you will anoint yourself
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סוּךְ
properly, to smear over (with oil), i.e. anoint
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שָׁתָה
you will drink
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שָׁתָה
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
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