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Micah 7:2

Faithfulness and loyaltyJusticeLoneliness

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.

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.

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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.

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  • Psalms 12:1

    Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.

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  • Psalms 14:1–3

    The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

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  • Isaiah 59:7

    Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.

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  • Isaiah 57:1

    The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

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  • Jeremiah 5:26

    For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

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  • Proverbs 1:11

    If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

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  • Jeremiah 16:16

    Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.

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  • 1 Samuel 24:11

    Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.

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