Micah 7:2
Micah chapter 7 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000The 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611The 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901The 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.
Context
v.1Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat; my soul desireth the first-ripe fig.
v.2This passage
v.3Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge is ready for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 1:11
If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;
- 1 Samuel 26:20
Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of Jehovah: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.
- Micah 3:10
They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
- Jeremiah 5:16
Their quiver is an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
- 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.
- Psalms 12:1
Help, Jehovah; for the godly man ceaseth; For the faithful fail from among the children of men.