Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Micah 6:10 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 10. 10Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?
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Quick Meaning
This verse asks whether wicked treasure and an abominably short measure still remain in the wicked house.
The city can hear the rod and still keep a short ephah
This verse is one part of that explanation in Micah 6:9-16. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- Micah 6:9-16
Read Micah 6:10 with 6:9-16. This verse asks whether wicked treasure and an abominably short measure still remain in the wicked house. The complete unit establishes this movement: The justice required in 6:8 is violated through deceptive measures, violent wealth, and lies; the resulting covenant-curse reversals make eating, saving, sowing, oil, and wine fail, while Omride policy becomes a warning rather than an ethnic stigma.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The paragraph defines 6:8 in ordinary economic and civic life and shows that exploitative prosperity is not evidence of covenant faithfulness. Within that movement, this verse asks whether wicked treasure and an abominably short measure still remain in the wicked house.
Phrase-by-Phrase Explanation
“scant measure”
In plain language: a deficient commercial measure
asks whether wicked treasure and an abominably short measure still remain in the wicked house. Hidden wealth can preserve injustice through rigged units of exchange.
Why it matters: The wording identifies this verse's distinct contribution to the complete unit.
How certain? strongWhat Remains True
Hidden wealth can preserve injustice through rigged units of exchange.
How It Can Shape Life
- Inspect measurement, package size, fees, and inventory rather than trusting appearance.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Micah 6:9-16 — The City Keeps False Measures and Harvests FutilitySources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing Scripture wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: Micah 6:9-16, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Micah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, clause relationships, wordplays, names, and the base text behind translation discussion.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Mic.xml, 6:9-16
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Micah with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, textual, literary, historical, and uncertainty notes.
Exact location: NET Bible Micah PDF, printed pp. 1749, translation and notes on 6:9-16
Open source ↗