Micah 3:7 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.”

Micah 3:7 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Micah 3:7 in 6 Bible Translations

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Micah 3:7 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“The seers shall be disappointed, and the diviners confounded. Yes, they shall all cover their lips, for there is no answer from God.””

Micah 3:7 — World English Bible

Micah 3:7 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And the seers shall be put to shame, and the diviners confounded; yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God. ”

Micah 3:7 — American Standard Version

Micah 3:7 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And ashamed have been the seers, And confounded have been the diviners, And covered their lip have all of them, For their is no answer, O God.”

Micah 3:7 — Young's Literal Translation

Micah 3:7 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And the seers shall be ashamed, and the diviners confounded; and they shall all cover their lips, for there will be no answer ofGod. ”

Micah 3:7 — Darby Translation

Micah 3:7 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Then shall the Seers bee ashamed, and the southsayers confounded: yea, they shall all couer their lippes, for they haue none answere of God.”

Micah 3:7 — Geneva Bible

Micah 3:7 in Context — Micah 3

5 Thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.

6 Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.

7 Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.

8 But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the Lord, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.

9 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.

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What Does Micah 3:7 Mean?

Micah 3:7 is a verse from the Book of Micah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Micah chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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