Micah 1:12 — compare English translations
Compare translationsMicah 1:12 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
כִּֽי
kîy
H3588
that
חָ֥לָֽה
chûwl
H2342
to writhe
לְט֖וֹב
ṭôwb
H2896
good
יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת
yâshab
H3427
to dwell
מָר֑וֹת
Mârôwth
H4796
Maroth
כִּֽי
kîy
H3588
that
יָ֤רַד
yârad
H3381
to go down
רָע֙
raʻ
H7451
evil
מֵאֵ֣ת
ʼêth
H854
with
יְהוָ֔ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
לְשַׁ֖עַר
shaʻar
H8179
gate
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
Yᵉrûwshâlaim
H3389
Jerusalem
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, Because evil has come down from Yahweh to the gate of Jerusalem.
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King James Version Public Domain
For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Surely the dweller of Maroth writhes for good, but evil has come down from Yahweh to the gate of Jerusalem.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).