Verse List for MIC 2:4

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OET (OET-RV) In that day someone will sing a song against you all. ⇔ ≈ and mourn with a song of wailing, ⇔ and say, ‘We’re completely ruined. ⇔ Yahweh changes my people’s territory. ⇔ How can he remove the land from me? ⇔ He divides our fields up to give to traitors.’ ”

OET-LV In _the_day (the)_that someone _will _lift _up on_you(pl) a _saying and_he _will _wail a _wailing it _is _finished he _will _say utterly _(devastate) we _are _devastated the _portion _of my _people _of_my he _changes how he _removes_it to_me to_an _apostate fields _of_our he _apportions.

ULT In that day, someone will lift up against you a proverb, ⇔  and lament a lamentation of a lamentation: ⇔ He says, ‘Destroying, we are destroyed! ⇔  The portion of my people he exchanges! ⇔ How he removes, it from me! ⇔  To a rebel he divides our fields!’ ”

UST At that time, your enemies will mock you ⇔  by singing this very sad song about you: ⇔ ‘Yahweh has completely destroyed us Israelites! ⇔  Yahweh is taking the portions of land away from us that he had given to us! ⇔ We are extremely distressed because he is giving our fields to our enemies!’ ”

BSB & MSB In that day they will take up a proverb against you ⇔  and taunt you with this bitter lamentation: ⇔ ‘We are utterly ruined! ⇔  He has changed the portion of my people. ⇔ How He has removed [it] from me! ⇔  He has allotted our fields to traitors.’ ”

OEB On that day they will sing a taunt-song to you, ⇔ this mocking lament: ⇔ “My people’s estate is being measured for sale, ⇔ our captors are dividing our fields. ⇔ We are completely undone.”

WEBBE & WMBB In that day they will take up a parable against you, ⇔  and lament with a doleful lamentation, saying, ⇔  ‘We are utterly ruined! ⇔  My people’s possession is divided up. ⇔  Indeed he takes it from me and assigns our fields to traitors!’ ”

NET In that day people will sing this taunt song to you – ⇔ they will mock you with this lament: ⇔ ‘We are completely destroyed; ⇔ they sell off the property of my people. ⇔ How they remove it from me! ⇔ They assign our fields to the conqueror.’

LSV In that day [one] takes up for you an allegory,
And he has wailed a wailing of woe,
He has said, We have been utterly spoiled,
The portion of my people He changes,
How He moves toward me! To the backslider our fields He apportions.

FBV On that day they will make up a saying to taunt you. With a mocking lament they will say, “We are totally ruined! Our possessions are being sold off. They've taken everything away, and given our fields to your conquerors.”

T4T At that time, your enemies will make fun of you; ⇔  they will ridicule you by singing this sad song about you: ⇔ ‘We are completely ruined; ⇔  Yahweh is taking our land/fields from us, ⇔ and he will give it to those who will capture us.’ ”

LEB
• In that day they will raise a proverb against you,
  • and will wail a bitter wailing, saying,
• “We are utterly ruined;
  • he exchanges the portion of my people.
• How he removes it from me;
  • he apportions our field to an apostate.”

BBE In that day this saying will be said about you, and this song of grief will be made: The heritage of my people is measured out, and there is no one to give it back; those who have made us prisoners have taken our fields from us, and complete destruction has come to us.

Moff Then shall you be taunted, ⇔ as this dirge is chanted: ⇔ ‘Undone! we are undone! ⇔ The soil of our folk is parcelled out, ⇔ past all restoring: ⇔ our captors are dividing up our fields.’ ”

JPS In that day shall they take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say: 'We are utterly ruined; he changeth the portion of my people; how doth he remove it from me! Instead of restoring our fields, he divideth them.'

ASV In that day shall they take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We are utterly ruined: he changeth the portion of my people: how doth he remove it from me! to the rebellious he divideth our fields.

DRA In that day a parable shall be taken up upon you, and a song shall be sung with melody by them that say: We are laid waste and spoiled: the portion of my people is changed: how shall he depart from me, whereas he is returning that will divide our land?

YLT In that day doth [one] take up for you a simile, And he hath wailed a wailing of woe, He hath said, We have been utterly spoiled, The portion of my people He doth change, How doth He move toward me! To the backslider our fields He apportioneth.

Drby In that day shall they take up a proverb concerning you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, [and] say, We are utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! He hath distributed our fields to the rebellious.

RV In that day shall they take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he changeth the portion of my people: how doth he remove it from me! to the rebellious he divideth our fields.
(In that day shall they take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he changeth/changes the portion of my people: how doeth/does he remove it from me! to the rebellious he divideth our fields.)

SLT In that day a parable shall be lifted up against you, and a wailing of a wailing was wailed, saying, Being laid waste, we shall be laid waste: he will exchange a portion of my people: how he will remove to me; for turning away, he will divide our fields.

Wbstr In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a grievous lamentation, and say, We are utterly wasted: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.

KJB-1769 ¶ In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.[fn][fn]
(¶ In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath/has changed the portion of my people: how hath/has he removed it from me! turning away he hath/has divided our fields.)

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn][fn]In that day shall one take vp a parable against you, and lament with a dolefull lamentation, and say, We be vtterly spoiled: hee hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he remoued it from me? turning away hee hath diuided our fields.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes))

Bshps In that day shal this parable be vsed, and a mourning shalbe made ouer you on this maner: We be vtterly desolate, the portion of my people is translated: how wyll he parte vnto vs the lande that he hath taken from vs?
(In that day shall this parable be used, and a mourning shall be made over you on this manner: We be utterly desolate, the portion of my people is translated: how will he part unto us the land that he hath/has taken from us?)

Gnva In that daye shall they take vp a parable against you, and lament with a dolefull lamentation, and say, We be vtterly wasted: hee hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he taken it away to restore it vnto mee? he hath deuided our fieldes.
(In that day shall they take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly wasted: he hath/has changed the portion of my people: how hath/has he taken it away to restore it unto me? he hath/has divided our fields.)

Cvdl In that daye shall this terme be vsed, and a mournynge shal be made ouer you on this maner: We be vtterly desolate, the porcion off my people is translated. Whan wil he parte vnto vs the londe, that he hath taken from vs?
(In that day shall this term be used, and a mourning shall be made over you on this manner: We be utterly desolate, the portion off my people is translated. When will he part unto us the land, that he hath/has taken from us?)

Wycl In that dai a parable schal be takun on you, and a song schal be songun with swetnesse of men, seiynge, Bi robbyng we ben distried; a part of my puple is chaungid; hou schal he go awei fro me, whanne he turneth ayen that schal departe youre cuntreis?
(In that day a parable shall be taken on you, and a song shall be songun with sweetness of men, saying, By robbing we been destroyed; a part of my people is changed; how shall he go away from me, when he turneth again that shall depart your(pl) countries?)

Luth Zur selbigen Zeit wird man einen Spruch von euch machen und klagen: Es ist aus, wird man sagen; wir sind verstöret. Meines Volkes Land kriegt einen fremden Herrn. Wann wird er uns die Äcker wieder zuteilen, die er uns genommen hat?
(To/For same time/period becomes man a Spruch from you make and complain/sue: It is out, becomes man say; we/us are disturbed. Meines peoples country gets a strangers Lord. When becomes he us/to_us/ourselves the fields again allocate, the he us/to_us/ourselves taken has?)

ClVg In die illa sumetur super vos parabola, et cantabitur canticum cum suavitate, dicentium: Depopulatione vastati sumus; pars populi mei commutata est: quomodo recedet a me, cum revertatur, qui regiones nostras dividat?
(In day that takeur over you(pl) parable, and will_singur a_song when/with sweetness, saying: Depopulatione devastated we_are; part of_the_people my/mine commutata it_is: how recedet from me, when/with return, who/which regions ours dividat?)

UHB בַּ⁠יּ֨וֹם הַ⁠ה֜וּא יִשָּׂ֧א עֲלֵי⁠כֶ֣ם מָשָׁ֗ל וְ⁠נָהָ֨ה נְהִ֤י נִֽהְיָה֙ אָמַר֙ שָׁד֣וֹד נְשַׁדֻּ֔נוּ חֵ֥לֶק עַמִּ֖⁠י יָמִ֑יר אֵ֚יךְ יָמִ֣ישׁ לִ֔⁠י לְ⁠שׁוֹבֵ֥ב שָׂדֵ֖י⁠נוּ יְחַלֵּֽק׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ληφθήσεται ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς παραβολὴ, καὶ θρηνηθήσεται θρῆνος ἐν μέλει, λέγων, ταλαιπωρίᾳ ἐταλαιπωρήσαμεν· μερὶς λὰοῦ μου κατεμετρήθη ἐν σχοινίῳ, καὶ οὐκ ἦν ὁ κωλύων αὐτὸν τοῦ ἀποστρέψαι· οἱ ἀγροὶ ὑμῶν διεμερίσθησαν.

BrTr In that day shall a parable be taken up against you, and a plaintive lamentation shall be uttered, saying, We are thoroughly miserable: the portion of my people has been measured out with a line, and there was none to hinder him so as to turn him back; your fields have been divided.