MIC 7:4 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX ὡς σὴς ἐκτρώγων, καὶ βαδίζων ἐπὶ κανόνος ἐν ἡμέρᾳ σκοπιᾶς· οὐαὶ οὐαὶ, αἱ ἐκδικήσεις σου ἥκασι, νῦν ἔσονται κλαυθμοὶ αὐτῶν.
(hōs saʸs ektrōgōn, kai badizōn epi kanonos en haʸmera skopias; ouai ouai, hai ekdikaʸseis sou haʸkasi, nun esontai klauthmoi autōn. )

BrTr therefore I will take away their goods as a devouring moth, and as one who acts by a rigid rule in a day of visitation. Woe, woe, thy times of vengeance are come; now shall be their lamentations.

ULT The best of them is like a brier,
⇔ the most upright is worse than a thorn hedge.
⇔ It is the day foretold by your watchmen,
⇔ the day of your punishment.
⇔ Now is the time of their confusion.

UST Even the best people are as worthless as briers;
⇔ the people who we thought to be the most honest are worse than thornbushes.
⇔ But Yahweh will soon judge them.
⇔ Now is the time that he will punish people,
⇔ when they will be very confused because of it.

BSB 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.[fn]
⇔ Now is the time of their confusion.

OEB ⇔ The best of them are like a thorn thicket,
⇔ their most upright like a prickly hedge.
⇔ The day of their punishment has come,
⇔ now will be their confusion!

WEBBE The best of them is like a brier.
⇔ The most upright is worse than a thorn hedge.
⇔ The day of your watchmen,
⇔ even your visitation, has come;
⇔ now is the time of their confusion.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The best of them is like a thorn;
⇔ the most godly among them are more dangerous than a row of thorn bushes.
⇔ The day you try to avoid by posting watchmen –
⇔ your appointed time of punishment – is on the way,
⇔ and then you will experience confusion.

LSV Their best one [is] as a brier,
The upright one—than a thorn-hedge,
The day of your watchmen—Your visitation—has come. Now is their perplexity.

FBV Even the best of them is like a thorny bush, the most honest like a thorn hedge. Your day of judgment that was announced by the prophets,[fn] your time of punishment, has arrived. You'rethrown into complete confusion.

7:4 Literally, “the day of your watchmen.”

T4T Even the best people are as worthless [SIM] as briers;
⇔ the people who are considered by others to be [IRO] the most honest are worse than clumps of thornbushes.
⇔ But, Yahweh will soon judge them;
⇔ now is the time that he will punish people,
⇔ a time when they will be very confused because of being defeated.

LEB • is like a brier; the most upright worse than a thorn hedge. • The day of your watchman, your punishment, has come; • now their confusion will come.

BBE The best of them is like a waste plant, and their upright ones are like a wall of thorns. Sorrow! the day of their fate has come; now will trouble come on them.

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JPS The best of them is as a brier; the most upright is worse than a thorn hedge; the day of thy watchmen, even thy visitation, is come; now shall be their perplexity.

ASV The best of them is as a brier; the most upright is worse than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen, even thy visitation, is come; now shall be their perplexity.

DRA He that is best among them, is as a brier: and he that is righteous, as the thorn of the hedge. The day of thy inspection, thy visitation cometh: now shall be their destruction.

YLT Their best one [is] as a brier, The upright one — than a thorn-hedge, The day of thy watchmen — Thy visitation — hath come. Now is their perplexity.

Drby The best of them is as a briar; the most upright, [worse] than a thorn-fence. The day of thy watchmen, thy visitation is come; now shall be their perplexity.

RV The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is worse than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen, even thy visitation, is come; now shall be their perplexity.

Wbstr The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.

KJB-1769 The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
(The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy/your watchmen and thy/your visitation cometh/comes; now shall be their perplexity. )

KJB-1611 The best of them is as a brier: the most vpright is sharper then a thorne hedge: the day of thy watchmen, and thy visitation commeth; now shall be their perplexitie.
(The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper then a thorn hedge: the day of thy/your watchmen, and thy/your visitation cometh/comes; now shall be their perplexitie.)

Bshps The best of them is as bryer, and the most righteous of them is sharper then a thorne hedge: the day of thy watchmen, and of thy visitation commeth: then shalbe their confusion.
(The best of them is as bryer, and the most righteous of them is sharper then a thorn hedge: the day of thy/your watchmen, and of thy/your visitation cometh/comes: then shall be their confusion.)

Gnva The best of them is as a brier, and the most righteous of them is sharper then a thorne hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation commeth: then shalbe their confusion.
(The best of them is as a brier, and the most righteous of them is sharper then a thorn hedge: the day of thy/your watchmen and thy/your visitation cometh/comes: then shall be their confusion. )

Cvdl The best off the is but as a thistle, and the most rightuous of them is but as a brere in the hedge But when the daye of thy preachers commeth, yt thou shalt be vysited: the shal they be waisted a waye.
(The best off the is but as a thistle, and the most rightuous of them is but as a brere in the hedge But when the day of thy/your preachers cometh/comes, it thou/you shalt be vysited: the shall they be waisted a way.)

Wycl He that is best in hem, is as a paluyre; and he that is riytful, is as a thorn of hegge. The dai of thi biholdyng, thi visityng cometh, now schal be distriyng of hem.
(He that is best in them, is as a paluyre; and he that is riytful, is as a thorn of hegge. The day of thy/your biholdyng, thy/your visityng cometh/comes, now shall be distriyng of them.)

Luth Der Beste unter ihnen ist wie ein Dorn und der Redlichste wie eine Hecke. Aber wenn der Tag deiner Prediger kommen wird, wenn du heimgesucht sollst werden, da werden sie dann nicht wissen, wo aus.
(The Beste under to_them is like a Dorn and the/of_the Redlichste like one Hecke. But when the/of_the Tag deiner Prediger coming wird, when you heimgesucht should become, there become they/she/them dann not wissen, where out.)

ClVg Qui optimus in eis est, quasi paliurus, et qui rectus, quasi spina de sepe. Dies speculationis tuæ, visitatio tua venit: nunc erit vastitas eorum.
(Who optimus in to_them it_is, as_if paliurus, and who rectus, as_if spina about sepe. The_day speculationis tuæ, visitatio your venit: now will_be vastitas their. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

(Occurrence 0) The best of them is like a brier, the most upright is worse than a thorn hedge

(Some words not found in UHB: best,them like,brier upright than,thorn_hedge day watchmen,your punishment,your come now is confusion,their )

Briers and thorns are good for nothing and harm those who touch them. The Israelite rulers and judges did nothing good and harmed people.

(Occurrence 0) the most upright

(Some words not found in UHB: best,them like,brier upright than,thorn_hedge day watchmen,your punishment,your come now is confusion,their )

Alternate translation: “those of them who try hardest to do what is good”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

(Occurrence 0) It is the day foretold by your watchmen, the day of your punishment

(Some words not found in UHB: best,them like,brier upright than,thorn_hedge day watchmen,your punishment,your come now is confusion,their )

Micah speaks to the people of Israel, so both instances of “your” are plural. Alternate translation: “Their prophets have told them that Yahweh would punish them”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

(Occurrence 0) Now is the time of their confusion

(Some words not found in UHB: best,them like,brier upright than,thorn_hedge day watchmen,your punishment,your come now is confusion,their )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind the word confusion, you can express the same idea with a verbal form. Alternate translation: “Now is when they do not understand what is happening”

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