Micah 2:4 — compare English translations
Compare translationsMicah 2:4 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 →
בַּיּ֨וֹם
yôwm
H3117
day
הַה֜וּא
hûwʼ
H1931
he
יִשָּׂ֧א
nâsâʼ
H5375
to lift
עֲלֵיכֶ֣ם
ʻal
H5921
upon
מָשָׁ֗ל
mâshâl
H4912
proverb
וְנָהָ֨ה
nâhâh
H5091
to lament
נְהִ֤י
nᵉhîy
H5092
lamentation
נִֽהְיָה֙
nihyâh
H5093
lament
אָמַר֙
ʼâmar
H559
to say
שָׁד֣וֹד
shâdad
H7703
to devastate
נְשַׁדֻּ֔נוּ
shâdad
H7703
to devastate
חֵ֥לֶק
chêleq
H2506
portion
עַמִּ֖י
ʻam
H5971
people
יָמִ֑יר
mûwr
H4171
to change
אֵ֚יךְ
ʼêyk
H349
how
יָמִ֣ישׁ
mûwsh
H4185
to depart
לִ֔י
לְשׁוֹבֵ֥ב
shôwbêb
H7728
backsliding
שָׂדֵ֖ינוּ
sâdeh
H7704
field
יְחַלֵּֽק
châlaq
H2505
to divide
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World English Bible Public Domain
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!'"
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
In that day 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 from me! To a rebel he divides our fields!’”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).