Micah 3:7
What does Micah 3:7 mean?
A plain-English look at Micah 3:7 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And the seers shall be put to shame, and the diviners confounded; yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And the seers shall be put to shame, and the diviners confounded; yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the seers will be shamed, and the readers of the future will be at a loss, all of them covering their lips; for there is no answer from God.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And ashamed have been the seers, And confounded have been the diviners, And covered their lip have all of them, For their is no answer, O God.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And they shall be confounded that see visions, and the diviners shall be confounded: and they shall all cover their faces, because there is no answer of God.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the seers shall be ashamed, and the diviners confounded; and they shall all cover their lips, for there will be no answer ofGod.
Context
v.6Therefore it shall be night unto you, that ye shall have no vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be black over them.
v.7This passage
v.8But as for me, I am full of power by the Spirit of Jehovah, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 28:15
And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
- Ezekiel 24:17
Sigh, but not aloud, make no mourning for the dead; bind thy headtire upon thee, and put thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.
- 1 Samuel 28:6
And when Saul inquired of Jehovah, Jehovah answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
- Exodus 8:18
And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: and there were lice upon man, and upon beast.
- Daniel 2:9
But if ye make not known unto me the dream, there is but one law for you; for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can show me the interpretation thereof.
- 2 Timothy 3:8
And even as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also withstand the truth; men corrupted in mind, reprobate concerning the faith.
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