Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsWoe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
Woe to those devising iniquity, And working evil on their beds, In the light of the morning they do it, For their hand is--to God.
Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentMicah — A prophet of rural Moresheth — contemporary of Isaiah — preaching judgment on Jerusalem and Samaria. Bethlehem named as Messiah's birthplace. And the Bible's clearest summary of what the LORD requires.
- Author
- Micah the Morasthite (1:1) — from Moresheth-Gath in the Judean lowlands
- Date
- c. 740–700 BC, during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah