Micah 7:4 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Micah 7:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Micah 7:4 in 6 Bible Translations
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Micah 7:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“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.”
Micah 7:4 — World English Bible
Micah 7:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“The best of them is as a brier; the most upright is worse than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen, even thy visitation, is come; now shall be their perplexity. ”
Micah 7:4 — American Standard Version
Micah 7:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Their best one <FI>is<Fi> as a brier, The upright one--than a thorn-hedge, The day of thy watchmen--Thy visitation--hath come. Now is their perplexity.”
Micah 7:4 — Young's Literal Translation
Micah 7:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“The best of them is as a briar; the most upright, [worse] than a thorn-fence. The day of thy watchmen, thy visitation is come; now shall be their perplexity. ”
Micah 7:4 — Darby Translation
Micah 7:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“The best of them is as a brier, and the most righteous of them is sharper then a thorne hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation commeth: then shalbe their confusion.”
Micah 7:4 — Geneva Bible
Micah 7:4 in Context — Micah 7
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.
What Does Micah 7:4 Mean?
Micah 7:4 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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