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Micah 7:5

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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 not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.

6 For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies are the members of his own household.

7 But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

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BSB
Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.
KJV
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.
WEB
Don’t trust in a neighbor. Don’t put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!
ASV
Trust ye not in a neighbor; put ye not confidence in a friend; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
DARBY
Believe ye not in a companion, put not confidence in a familiar friend: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
BLB
Do not trust in a friend; do not put your⁺ confidence in a companion; from her who lies down in your bosom guard the doors of your mouth.
ÅB
Tro ikke på den som står deg nær,
sett ikke lit til en venn!
For henne som ligger ved barmen din
må du vokte munnen din.
OTB
Stol ikke på en nabo;
Ha ikke tillit til en nær venn.
Vokt døråpningen til din munn
For henne som ligger i dine armer.
B1930
Tro ikke på nogen som står dig nær, sett ikke lit til nogen venn! For henne som ligger ved din barm, må du vokte din munns dører!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 9:4

    “Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.

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  • Psalms 118:8–9

    It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.

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  • Matthew 10:16

    Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

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  • Job 6:14–15

    A despairing man should have the kindness of his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

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  • Judges 16:5–20

    The lords of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to tie him up and subdue him. Then each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.”

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