King James Version

Micah 3:10

They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.

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בֹּנֶ֥הbonehbuildבָּנָהverb, qal, participle, absolute — “build”, a verb used as a describing wordH1129to build (literally and figuratively)(begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), [idiom] surely.צִיּ֖וֹןtsionZionצִיּוֹןnoun, proper name — “Zion”H6726Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of JerusalemZion.בְּדָמִ֑יםbedamimin blood , innocentדָּםpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “in blood , innocent”, the ordinary formH1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), [phrase] innocent.וִירוּשָׁלִַ֖םvirushalimand Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִםconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Jerusalem”H3389Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of PalestineJerusalem.בְּעַוְלָֽהbeavlahin iniquityעֶוֶלpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “in iniquity”, the ordinary formH5766(moral) eviliniquity, perverseness, unjust(-ly), unrighteousness(-ly); wicked(-ness).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

That build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.

Young’s Literal Translation

Building up Zion with blood, And Jerusalem with iniquity.

World English Bible

who build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.

Darby Translation

that build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with unrighteousness.

Douay-Rheims

You that build up Sion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

That build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

who build up Sion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

οἱ οἰκοδομοῦντες Σιὼν ἐν αἵμασι, καὶ Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἐν ἀδικίαις,