Micah 7
- 1How miserable I am! For I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the leftover grapes after the harvest: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the first ripe fruit.
- 2The 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.
- 3That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a reward. And the great man, he speaks his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
- 4The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day your watchmen warned about, the day of your punishment, has come. Now shall be their perplexity.
- 5Do not trust in a friend, put you not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of your mouth from the woman who lies in your arms.
- 6For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law. A man's enemies are the men of his own house.
- 7Therefore I will look to the Lord. I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
- 8Do not rejoice against me, O my enemy: when I fall, I shall arise. When I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light to me.
- 9I will bear the anger of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me out to the light, and I shall look on his righteousness.
- 10Then she who is my enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her who said to me, Where is the Lord your God? My eyes shall look on her: now she shall be trampled down as the mud of the streets.
- 11In the day that your walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.
- 12In that day also he shall come even to you from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.
- 13But the land shall be ruined because of those who live in it, for the fruit of their actions.
- 14Feed your people with your rod, the flock of your heritage, which live alone in the wood, in the middle of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
- 15According to the days of your coming out of the land of Egypt will I show to him marvelous things.
- 16The nations shall see and be put to shame at all their might: they shall lay their hand on their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
- 17They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the Lord our God, and shall fear because of you.
- 18Who is a God like to you, that pardons wrongdoing, and passes by the rebellion of the remnant of his heritage? He does not retain his anger for ever, because he delights in mercy.
- 19He will turn again, he will have compassion on us. He will subdue our wrongdoings. And you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
- 20You will perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Micah 7 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVWoe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.
GIGAKJVHow miserable I am! For I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the leftover grapes after the harvest: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the first ripe fruit.
KJVThe 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.
GIGAKJVThe 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.
KJVThat they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
GIGAKJVThat they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a reward. And the great man, he speaks his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
KJVThe 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.
GIGAKJVThe best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day your watchmen warned about, the day of your punishment, has come. Now shall be their perplexity.
KJVTrust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
GIGAKJVDo not trust in a friend, put you not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of your mouth from the woman who lies in your arms.
KJVFor the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
GIGAKJVFor the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law. A man's enemies are the men of his own house.
KJVTherefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
GIGAKJVTherefore I will look to the Lord. I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
KJVRejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.
GIGAKJVDo not rejoice against me, O my enemy: when I fall, I shall arise. When I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light to me.
KJVI will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness.
GIGAKJVI will bear the anger of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me out to the light, and I shall look on his righteousness.
KJVThen she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the Lord thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
GIGAKJVThen she who is my enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her who said to me, Where is the Lord your God? My eyes shall look on her: now she shall be trampled down as the mud of the streets.
KJVIn the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.
GIGAKJVIn the day that your walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.
KJVIn that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.
GIGAKJVIn that day also he shall come even to you from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.
KJVNotwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
GIGAKJVBut the land shall be ruined because of those who live in it, for the fruit of their actions.
KJVFeed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
GIGAKJVFeed your people with your rod, the flock of your heritage, which live alone in the wood, in the middle of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
KJVAccording to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things.
GIGAKJVAccording to the days of your coming out of the land of Egypt will I show to him marvelous things.
KJVThe nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
GIGAKJVThe nations shall see and be put to shame at all their might: they shall lay their hand on their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
KJVThey shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the Lord our God, and shall fear because of thee.
GIGAKJVThey shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the Lord our God, and shall fear because of you.
KJVWho is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
GIGAKJVWho is a God like to you, that pardons wrongdoing, and passes by the rebellion of the remnant of his heritage? He does not retain his anger for ever, because he delights in mercy.
KJVHe will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
GIGAKJVHe will turn again, he will have compassion on us. He will subdue our wrongdoings. And you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
KJVThou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
GIGAKJVYou will perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
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