Verse List for MIC 1:12

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OET (OET-RV) because the inhabitants of Marot wait anxiously for good, ⇔ because disaster has come down from Yahweh to Yerushalem’s gates.

OET-LV If/because she _is _in _anguish for_good the _inhabitant[s]_of Mārōt if/because it _has _come _down calamity from_with YHWH to_the _gate _of Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem).

ULT Surely the dweller of Maroth writhes for, something good, ⇔  but evil has come down from Yahweh ⇔  to the gate of Jerusalem.

UST Indeed, the people of Maroth wait anxiously for something good to happen, ⇔ but nothing good will come. ⇔ Instead, Yahweh has caused terrible things to happen, ⇔  all the way to the gates of Jerusalem.

BSB & MSB For the dwellers of Maroth[fn] pined for good, ⇔  but calamity came down from the LORD, ⇔  even to the gate of Jerusalem.

OEB The inhabitants of Maroth wait anxiously for good! ⇔ But the Lord has sent disaster to the gates of Jerusalem.

WEBBE & WMBB For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, ⇔  because evil has come down from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem.

NET Indeed, the residents of Maroth hope for something good to happen, ⇔ though the Lord has sent disaster against the city of Jerusalem.

LSV For the inhabitant of Maroth has stayed for good,
For calamity has come down from YHWH to the gate of Jerusalem.

FBV The people of Maroth wait anxiously for relief, but disaster has come down from the Lord on the gate of Jerusalem.

T4T The name of Maroth town sounds like ‘bitterness;’ ⇔  everyone there is anxiously waiting for good things to happen to them, ⇔ but good things will not happen to them; ⇔  instead, terrible things are about to happen to them, ⇔  and it will soon happen at the gates of Jerusalem.

LEB • For the inhabitants of Maroth
• writhed for good,
• because disaster has come down from Yahweh
• to the gate of Jerusalem.

BBE For the one living in Maroth is waiting for good: for evil has come down from the Lord to the doorways of Jerusalem.

Moff and Maroth hopes in vain; ⇔ for doom descends from the Eternal ⇔ to the very gates of Jerusalem.

JPS For the inhabitant of Maroth waiteth anxiously for good; because evil is come down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.

ASV For the inhabitant of Maroth waiteth anxiously for good, because evil is come down from Jehovah unto the gate of Jerusalem.

DRA For she is become weak unto good that dwelleth in bitterness: for evil is come down from the Lord into the gate of Jerusalem.

YLT For stayed for good hath the inhabitant of Maroth, For evil hath come down from Jehovah to the gate of Jerusalem.

Drby For the inhabitress of Maroth waited anxiously for good; but evil hath come down from Jehovah unto the gate of Jerusalem.

RV For the inhabitant of Maroth waiteth anxiously for good: because evil is come down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.
(For the inhabitant of Maroth waiteth/waits anxiously for good: because evil is come down from the LORD unto the gate of Yerusalem.)

SLT For she dwelling in bitterness was anxious for good: but evil came down from Jehovah to the gate of Jerusalem.

Wbstr For the inhabitant of Maroth waited anxiously for good: but evil came down from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem.

KJB-1769 For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.[fn][fn]
(For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Yerusalem.)

KJB-1611 For the inhabitant of Maroth [fn]waited carefully for good, but euill came downe from the LORD vnto the gate of Ierusalem.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps For the inhabitautes of Maroth wayled for good, but the plague shall come from the Lorde, euen vnto the gates of Hierusalem.
(For the inhabitautes of Maroth wailed for good, but the plague shall come from the Lord, even unto the gates of Yerusalem.)

Gnva For the inhabitant of Maroth wayted for good, but euill came from the Lord vnto the gate of Ierusalem.
(For the inhabitant of Maroth waited for good, but evil came from the Lord unto the gate of Yerusalem.)

Cvdl The rebellious cite hopeth, that it shal not be so euell: but for all that, the plage shal come from the LORDE, euen in to the porte of Ierusalem.
(The rebellious cite hopeth/hopes, that it shall not be so evil: but for all that, the plague shall come from the LORD, even in to the port of Yerusalem.)

Wycl For it is maad sijk to good, which dwellith in bitternessis. For yuel cam doun fro the Lord in to the yate of Jerusalem, noise of foure horsid cart,
(For it is made sick to good, which dwelleth/dwells in bitternesses. For evil came down from the Lord in to the gate of Yerusalem, noise of four horsid cart,)

Luth Die betrübte Stadt vermag sich nicht zu trösten; denn es wird das Unglück vom HErr’s kommen, auch bis an das Tor Jerusalems.
(The saddened city able_to itself/yourself/themselves not to/for comfort(v); because/than it becomes the accident/misfortune/disaster from_the LORD’s coming, also until at/to the doorway Yerusalem.)

ClVg Quia infirmata est in bonum, quæ habitat in amaritudinibus; quia descendit malum a Domino in portam Jerusalem.
(Because weakened it_is in/into/on good, which he_lives in/into/on bitterness; because came_down evil from Master in/into/on the_gate Yerusalem.)

UHB כִּֽי־חָ֥לָֽה לְ⁠ט֖וֹב יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת מָר֑וֹת כִּֽי־יָ֤רַד רָע֙ מֵ⁠אֵ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה לְ⁠שַׁ֖עַר יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ ‡

BrLXX Τίς ἥρξατο εἰς ἀγαθὰ κατοικούσῃ ὀδύνας; ὅτι κατέβη κακὰ παρὰ Κυρίου ἐπὶ πύλας Ἱερουσαλὴμ,

BrTr Who has begun to act for good to her that dwells in sorrow? for calamities have come down from the Lord upon the gates of Jerusalem,