Micah 7:1 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

Micah 7:1 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Micah 7:1 in 6 Bible Translations

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Micah 7:1 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“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.”

Micah 7:1 — World English Bible

Micah 7:1 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat; my soul desireth the first-ripe fig. ”

Micah 7:1 — American Standard Version

Micah 7:1 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“My woe <FI>is<Fi> 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 7:1 — Young's Literal Translation

Micah 7:1 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer-fruits, as the grape-gleanings of the vintage. There is no cluster to eat; there is no early fruit [which] my soul desired. ”

Micah 7:1 — Darby Translation

Micah 7:1 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Woe is me, for I am as the sommer gatherings, and as the grapes of the vintage: there is no cluster to eate: my soule desired the first ripe fruites.”

Micah 7:1 — Geneva Bible

Micah 7:1 in Context — Micah 7

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.

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What Does Micah 7:1 Mean?

Micah 7:1 is a verse from the Book of Micah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Micah chapter 7. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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