Micah 7:2
1 Woe is me! For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave.
The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.
3 Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.
4 The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. The day for your watchmen has come, the day of your visitation. Now is the time of their confusion.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- The godly 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.
- DARBY
- The godly [man] hath perished out of the land, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood, they hunt every man his brother with a net.
- BLB
- The godly one has perished from the earth, and there is no one upright among mankind. They all lie in wait for blood, each man against his brother, they hunt with a net.
- ÅB
- Den trofaste er borte fra jorden,
det finnes ikke en ærlig mann blant menneskene.
Alle lurer de på blod,
hver mann vil fange broren sin i garnet. - OTB
- Den gudfryktige har forsvunnet fra landet,
Og det er ingen rettskaffen blant menneskene.
Alle ligger på lur etter blod;
Hver av dem jakter på den andre med et nett. - B1930
- Den fromme er blitt borte fra jorden, og det finnes ikke en ærlig mann blandt menneskene; alle sammen lurer de efter blod, hver mann vil fange sin bror i sitt garn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 12:1
Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.
Read in contextPsalms 14:1–3
The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.
Read in contextIsaiah 59:7
Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.
Read in contextIsaiah 57:1
The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are swept away, while no one considers that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil.
Read in contextJeremiah 5:26
For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
Read in contextProverbs 1:11
If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
Read in contextJeremiah 16:16
But for now I will send for many fishermen, declares the LORD, and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill, even from the clefts of the rocks.
Read in context1 Samuel 24:11
See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. See and know that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my life.
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