Micah 7 - Compare Translations
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Micah 7:1
KJVWoe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.
WEBMisery is mine!
YLTMy wo [is] to me, for I have been As gatherings of summer-fruit, As gleanings of harvest, There is no cluster to eat, The first-ripe fruit desired hath my soul.
Micah 7:2
KJVThe good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
WEBThe godly man has perished out of the earth,
YLTPerished hath the kind out of the land, And upright among men -- there are none, All of them for blood lie in wait, Each his brother they hunt [with] a net.
Micah 7:3
KJVThat they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
WEBTheir hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently.
YLTOn the evil [are] both hands to do [it] well, The prince is asking -- also the judge -- for recompence, And the great -- he is speaking the mischief of his soul, And they wrap it up.
Micah 7:4
KJVThe best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
WEBThe best of them is like a brier.
YLTTheir best one [is] as a brier, The upright one -- than a thorn-hedge, The day of thy watchmen -- Thy visitation -- hath come. Now is their perplexity.
Micah 7:5
KJVTrust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
WEBDon’t trust in a neighbor.
YLTBelieve not in a friend, trust not in a leader, From her who is lying in thy bosom keep the openings of thy mouth.
Micah 7:6
KJVFor the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
WEBFor the son dishonors the father,
YLTFor a son is dishonouring a father, A daughter hath stood against her mother, A daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, The enemies of each [are] the men of his house.
Micah 7:7
KJVTherefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
WEBBut as for me, I will look to Yahweh.
YLTAnd I -- in Jehovah I do watch, I do wait for the God of my salvation, Hear me doth my God.
Micah 7:8
KJVRejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.
WEBDon’t rejoice against me, my enemy.
YLTThou dost not rejoice over me, O mine enemy, When I have fallen, I have risen, When I sit in darkness Jehovah is a light to me.
Micah 7:9
KJVI will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
WEBI will bear the indignation of Yahweh,
YLTThe indignation of Jehovah I do bear, For I have sinned against Him, Till that He doth plead my cause, And hath executed my judgment, He doth bring me forth to the light, I look on His righteousness.
Micah 7:10
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Micah 7:11
KJVIn the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.
WEBA day to build your walls—
YLTThe day to build thy walls! That day -- removed is the limit.
Micah 7:12
KJVIn that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.
WEBIn that day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt,
YLTThat day -- even unto thee it doth come in, From Asshur and the cities of the fortress, And from the fortress even unto the river, And from sea to sea, and mount to mount.
Micah 7:13
KJVNotwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
WEBYet the land will be desolate because of those who dwell therein,
YLTAnd the land hath been for a desolation, Because of its inhabitants, Because of the fruit of their doings.
Micah 7:14
KJVFeed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
WEBShepherd your people with your staff,
YLTRule Thou Thy people with Thy rod, The flock of Thine inheritance, Dwelling alone [in] a forest in the midst of Carmel, They enjoy Bashan and Gilead as in days of old.
Micah 7:15
KJVAccording to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things.
WEB“As in the days of your coming out of the land of Egypt,
YLTAccording to the days of thy coming forth out of the land of Egypt, I do shew it wonderful things.
Micah 7:16
KJVThe nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
WEBThe nations will see and be ashamed of all their might.
YLTSee do nations, and they are ashamed of all their might, They lay a hand on the mouth, their ears are deaf.
Micah 7:17
KJVThey shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the Lord our God, and shall fear because of thee.
WEBThey will lick the dust like a serpent.
YLTThey lick dust as a serpent, as fearful things of earth, They tremble from their enclosures, Of Jehovah our God they are afraid, Yea, they are afraid of Thee.
Micah 7:18
KJVWho is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
WEBWho is a God like you, who pardons iniquity,
YLTWho [is] a God like Thee? taking away iniquity, And passing by the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance, He hath not retained for ever His anger, Because He -- He delighteth [in] kindness.
Micah 7:19
KJVHe will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
WEBHe will again have compassion on us.
YLTHe doth turn back, He pitieth us, He doth subdue our iniquities, And Thou castest into the depths of the sea all their sins.
Micah 7:20
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