Micah 1 - Compare Translations
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Micah 1:1
KJVThe word of the Lord that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
WEBYahweh’s word that came to Micah the Morashtite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
YLTA word of Jehovah that hath been unto Micah the Morashite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah, that he hath seen concerning Samaria and Jerusalem:
Micah 1:2
KJVHear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord God be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
WEBHear, you peoples, all of you.
YLTHear, O peoples, all of them! Attend, O earth, and its fulness, And the Lord Jehovah is against you for a witness, The Lord from His holy temple.
Micah 1:3
KJVFor, behold, the Lord cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
WEBFor, behold, Yahweh comes out of his place,
YLTFor lo, Jehovah is going out from His place, And He hath come down, And hath trodden on high places of earth.
Micah 1:4
KJVAnd the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.
WEBThe mountains melt under him,
YLTMelted have been the mountains under Him, And the valleys do rend themselves, As wax from the presence of fire, As waters cast down by a slope.
Micah 1:5
KJVFor the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem?
WEB“All this is for the disobedience of Jacob,
YLTFor the transgression of Jacob [is] all this, And for the sins of the house of Israel. What [is] the transgression of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? And what the high places of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem?
Micah 1:6
KJVTherefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.
WEBTherefore I will make Samaria like a rubble heap of the field,
YLTAnd I have set Samaria for a heap of the field, For plantations of a vineyard, And poured out into a valley her stones, And her foundations I uncover.
Micah 1:7
KJVAnd all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.
WEBAll her idols will be beaten to pieces,
YLTAnd all her graven images are beaten down, And all her gifts are burnt with fire, And all her idols I make a desolation, For, from the hire of a harlot she gathered, and unto the hire of a harlot they return.
Micah 1:8
KJVTherefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.
WEBFor this I will lament and wail;
YLTFor this I lament and howl, I go spoiled and naked, I make a lamentation like dragons, And a mourning like daughters of an ostrich.
Micah 1:9
KJVFor her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
WEBFor her wounds are incurable;
YLTFor mortal [are] her wounds, For it hath come unto Judah, It hath come to a gate of My people -- to Jerusalem.
Micah 1:10
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Micah 1:11
KJVPass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Bethezel; he shall receive of you his standing.
WEBPass on, inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame.
YLTPass over for thee, O inhabitant of Shaphir, Naked one of shame. Not gone out hath the inhabitant of Zaanan, The lamentation of Beth-Ezel doth take from you its standing.
Micah 1:12
KJVFor the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the Lord unto the gate of Jerusalem.
WEBFor the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good,
YLTFor stayed for good hath the inhabitant of Maroth, For evil hath come down from Jehovah to the gate of Jerusalem.
Micah 1:13
KJVO thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.
WEBHarness the chariot to the swift steed, inhabitant of Lachish.
YLTBind the chariot to a swift beast, O inhabitant of Lachish, The beginning of sin [is] she to the daughter of Zion, For in thee have been found the transgressions of Israel.
Micah 1:14
KJVTherefore shalt thou give presents to Moreshethgath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.
WEBTherefore you will give a parting gift to Moresheth Gath.
YLTTherefore thou givest presents to Moresheth-Gath, The houses of Achzib become a lying thing to the kings of Israel.
Micah 1:15
KJVYet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.
WEBI will yet bring to you, inhabitant of Mareshah.
YLTYet the possessor I do bring in to thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah, To Adullam come in doth the honour of Israel.
Micah 1:16
KJVMake thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
WEBShave your heads,
YLTMake bald and shave, for thy delightful sons, Enlarge thy baldness as an eagle, For they have removed from thee!
16 verses compared across 3 translations - KJV, WEB, YLT