Micah 1:8 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.”
Micah 1:8 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Micah 1:8 in 6 Bible Translations
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Micah 1:8 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For this I will lament and wail. I will go stripped and naked. I will howl like the jackals and mourn like the ostriches.”
Micah 1:8 — World English Bible
Micah 1:8 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For this will I lament and wail; I will go stripped and naked; I will make a wailing like the jackals, and a lamentation like the ostriches. ”
Micah 1:8 — American Standard Version
Micah 1:8 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“For 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 1:8 — Young's Literal Translation
Micah 1:8 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For this will I lament, and I will howl; I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the jackals, and mourning like the ostriches. ”
Micah 1:8 — Darby Translation
Micah 1:8 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Therefore I will mourne and howle: I wil goe without clothes, and naked: I will make lamentation like the dragons, and mourning as the ostriches.”
Micah 1:8 — Geneva Bible
Micah 1:8 in Context — Micah 1
6 Therefore 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.
7 And 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.
8 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.
9 For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
10 Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.
What Does Micah 1:8 Mean?
Micah 1:8 is a verse from the Book of Micah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Micah chapter 1. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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