Micah 7 – read and compare multiple versions of the Bible

World English Bible

Micah 7 (WEBP)

[1] Misery is mine! Indeed, I am like one who gathers the summer fruits, as gleanings of the vineyard. There is no cluster of grapes to eat. My soul desires to eat the early fig.
[2] The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts his brother with a net.
[3] Their hands are on that which is evil to do it diligently. The ruler and judge ask for a bribe. The powerful man dictates the evil desire of his soul. Thus they conspire together.
[4] The best of them is like a brier. The most upright is worse than a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen, even your visitation, has come; now is the time of their confusion.
[5] Don’t trust in a neighbor. Don’t put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!
[6] For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.
[7] But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
[8] Don’t rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, Yahweh will be a light to me.
[9] I will bear the indignation of Yahweh, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light. I will see his righteousness.
[10] Then my enemy will see it, and shame will cover her who said to me, “Where is Yahweh your God?” My eyes will see her. Now she will be trodden down like the mire of the streets.
[11] A day to build your walls! In that day, he will extend your boundary.
[12] In that day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, and from Egypt even to the River, and from sea to sea, and mountain to mountain.
[13] Yet the land will be desolate because of those who dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
[14] Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your heritage, who dwell by themselves in a forest. Let them feed in the middle of fertile pasture land, in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
[15] “As in the days of your coming out of the land of Egypt, I will show them marvelous things.”
[16] The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might. They will lay their hand on their mouth. Their ears will be deaf.
[17] They will lick the dust like a serpent. Like crawling things of the earth, they will come trembling out of their dens. They will come with fear to Yahweh our God, and will be afraid because of you.
[18] Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn’t retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness.
[19] He will again have compassion on us. He will tread our iniquities under foot. You will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
[20] You will give truth to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Micah 7 (KJVS)

[1] Woe 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.
[2] The 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.
[3] That 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.
[4] The 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.
[5] Trust 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.
[6] For 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.
[7] Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
[8] Rejoice 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.
[9] I 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.
[10] Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the Lord thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
[11] In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.
[12] In 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.
[13] Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
[14] Feed 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.
[15] According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things.
[16] The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
[17] They 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.
[18] Who 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.
[19] He 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.
[20] Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

Micah 7:1 Heb. the gatherings of summer
Micah 7:2 Or, godly, or merciful
Micah 7:10a Or, and thou wilt see her that is mine enemy and cover her with shame
Micah 7:10b Heb. she shall be for a treading down
Micah 7:12 Or, even to
Micah 7:13 Or, after that it hath been
Micah 7:14 Or, rule
Micah 7:17 Or, creeping things

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Micah 7 (BYZ)

[1] Οἴμμοι ὅτι () ἐγενόμην () ὡς () συνάγων () καλάμην () ἐν () ἀμήτῳ καὶ () ὡς () ἐπιφυλλίδα ἐν () τρυγήτῳ οὐχ () ὑπάρχοντος () βότρυος () τοῦ () φαγεῖν () τὰ () πρωτόγονα. Οἴμμοι, ψυχή, ()
[2] ὅτι () ἀπόλωλεν () εὐλαβὴς () ἀπὸ () τῆς () γῆς, () καὶ () κατορθῶν ἐν () ἀνθρώποις () οὐχ () ὑπάρχει· () πάντες () εἰς () αἵματα () δικάζονται, ἕκαστος () τὸν () πλησίον () αὐτοῦ () ἐκθλίβουσιν ἐκθλιβῇ.
[3] Ἐπὶ () τὸ () κακὸν () τὰς () χεῖρας () αὐτῶν () ἑτοιμάζουσιν· () ὁ () ἄρχων () αἰτεῖ, () καὶ () ὁ () κριτὴς () εἰρηνικοὺς () λόγους () ἐλάλησεν, () καταθύμιον ψυχῆς () αὐτοῦ () ἐστιν. () Καὶ () ἐξελοῦμαι ()
[4] τὰ () ἀγαθὰ () αὐτῶν () ὡς () σὴς () ἐκτρώγων καὶ () βαδίζων ἐπὶ () κανόνος () ἐν () ἡμέρᾳ () σκοπιᾶς. Οὐαὶ () οὐαί, () αἱ () ἐκδικήσεις () σου () ἥκασιν, () νῦν () ἔσονται () κλαυθμοὶ () αὐτῶν. ()
[5] Μὴ () καταπιστεύετε ἐν () φίλοις () καὶ () μὴ () ἐλπίζετε () ἐπὶ () ἡγουμένοις, () ἀπὸ () τῆς () συγκοίτου σου () φύλαξαι () τοῦ () ἀναθέσθαι () τι () αὐτῇ· ()
[6] διότι () υἱὸς () ἀτιμάζει () πατέρα, () θυγάτηρ () ἐπαναστήσεται () ἐπὶ () τὴν () μητέρα () αὐτῆς, () νύμφη () ἐπὶ () τὴν () πενθερὰν () αὐτῆς, () ἐχθροὶ () ἀνδρὸς () πάντες () οἱ () ἄνδρες () οἱ () ἐν () τῷ () οἴκῳ () αὐτοῦ. ()
[7] Ἐγὼ () δὲ () ἐπὶ () τὸν () κύριον () ἐπιβλέψομαι, () ὑπομενῶ () ἐπὶ () τῷ () θεῷ () τῷ () σωτῆρί () μου, () εἰσακούσεταί () μου () ὁ () θεός () μου. ()
[8] Μὴ () ἐπίχαιρέ μοι, () ἡ () ἐχθρά () μου, () ὅτι () πέπτωκα· () καὶ () ἀναστήσομαι, () διότι () ἐὰν () καθίσω () ἐν () τῷ () σκότει, () κύριος () φωτιεῖ () μοι. ()
[9] Ὀργὴν () κυρίου () ὑποίσω, () ὅτι () ἥμαρτον () αὐτῷ, () ἕως () τοῦ () δικαιῶσαι () αὐτὸν () τὴν () δίκην () μου· () καὶ () ποιήσει () τὸ () κρίμα () μου () καὶ () ἐξάξει () με () εἰς () τὸ () φῶς, () ὄψομαι () τὴν () δικαιοσύνην () αὐτοῦ. ()
[10] Καὶ () ὄψεται () ἡ () ἐχθρά () μου () καὶ () περιβαλεῖται () αἰσχύνην () ἡ () λέγουσα () πρός () με () Ποῦ () κύριος () ὁ () θεός () σου; () Οἱ () ὀφθαλμοί () μου () ἐπόψονται () αὐτήν· () νῦν () ἔσται () εἰς () καταπάτημα ὡς () πηλὸς () ἐν () ταῖς () ὁδοῖς ()
[11] ἡμέρας () ἀλοιφῆς πλίνθου. Ἐξάλειψίς σου () ἡ () ἡμέρα () ἐκείνη, () καὶ () ἀποτρίψεται νόμιμά σου ()
[12] ἡ () ἡμέρα () ἐκείνη· () καὶ () αἱ () πόλεις () σου () ἥξουσιν () εἰς () ὁμαλισμὸν καὶ () εἰς () διαμερισμὸν () Ἀσσυρίων καὶ () αἱ () πόλεις () σου () αἱ () ὀχυραὶ εἰς () διαμερισμὸν () ἀπὸ () Τύρου () ἕως () τοῦ () ποταμοῦ () Συρίας, () ἡμέρα () ὕδατος () καὶ () θορύβου· ()
[13] καὶ () ἔσται () ἡ () γῆ () εἰς () ἀφανισμὸν () σὺν () τοῖς () κατοικοῦσιν () αὐτὴν () ἐκ () καρπῶν () ἐπιτηδευμάτων αὐτῶν. ()
[14] Ποίμαινε () λαόν () σου () ἐν () ῥάβδῳ () σου, () πρόβατα () κληρονομίας () σου, () κατασκηνοῦντας () καθ’ () ἑαυτοὺς () δρυμὸν ἐν () μέσῳ () τοῦ () Καρμήλου· νεμήσονται τὴν () Βασανῖτιν καὶ () τὴν () Γαλααδῖτιν καθὼς () αἱ () ἡμέραι () τοῦ () αἰῶνος. ()
[15] Καὶ () κατὰ () τὰς () ἡμέρας () ἐξοδίας σου () ἐξ () Αἰγύπτου () ὄψεσθε () θαυμαστά. ()
[16] Ὄψονται () ἔθνη () καὶ () καταισχυνθήσονται () ἐκ () πάσης () τῆς () ἰσχύος () αὐτῶν, () ἐπιθήσουσιν () χεῖρας () ἐπὶ () τὸ () στόμα () αὐτῶν, () τὰ () ὦτα () αὐτῶν () ἀποκωφωθήσονται.
[17] Λείξουσιν χοῦν () ὡς () ὄφεις () σύροντες () γῆν, () συγχυθήσονται () ἐν () συγκλεισμῷ αὐτῶν· () ἐπὶ () τῷ () κυρίῳ () θεῷ () ἡμῶν () ἐκστήσονται () καὶ () φοβηθήσονται () ἀπὸ () σοῦ. ()
[18] Τίς () θεὸς () ὥσπερ () σύ; () Ἐξαίρων () ἀδικίας () καὶ () ὑπερβαίνων () ἀσεβείας () τοῖς () καταλοίποις () τῆς () κληρονομίας () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () οὐ () συνέσχεν () εἰς () μαρτύριον () ὀργὴν () αὐτοῦ, () ὅτι () θελητὴς ἐλέους () ἐστίν. ()
[19] Αὐτὸς () ἐπιστρέψει () καὶ () οἰκτιρήσει () ἡμᾶς, () καταδύσει τὰς () ἀδικίας () ἡμῶν () καὶ () ἀπορριφήσονται () εἰς () τὰ () βάθη () τῆς () θαλάσσης, () πάσας () τὰς () ἁμαρτίας () ἡμῶν. ()
[20] Δώσεις () ἀλήθειαν () τῷ () Ιακωβ, () ἔλεον () τῷ () Αβρααμ, () καθότι () ὤμοσας () τοῖς () πατράσιν () ἡμῶν () κατὰ () τὰς () ἡμέρας () τὰς () ἔμπροσθεν. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.