Micah 7:2
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The 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.The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.
In other translations
The 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.The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.
Hebrew words
אָבַד'avadhe has perishedH6חָסִידchasid[the] faithfulH2623מִן־min-fromH4480הָאָרֶץha'aretzthe landH776וְיָשָׁרveyasharand [is] an upright [person]H3477בָּאָדָםba'adamamong <the> humankindH120אָיִן'ayinthere notH369כֻּלָּםkulamall of themH3605לְדָמִיםledamimfor blood<s>H1818יֶאֱרֹבוּye'erouthey lie in waitH693אִישׁ'isheachH376אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853אָחִיהוּ'achihubrother hisH251יָצוּדוּyatzuduthey huntH6679חֵרֶם׃cherema netH2764
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Related verses
- Psalm 12:1Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.
- Isaiah 59:7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.
- Isaiah 57:1The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are swept away, while no one considers that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil.
- Jeremiah 5:26For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.
- Psalm 14:1-31 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. 2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. 3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.1 The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good. 2 The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God. 3 All have turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.
- Proverbs 1:11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
- Jeremiah 16:16Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks.But for now I will send for many fishermen, declares the LORD, and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill, even from the clefts of the rocks.
- 1 Samuel 24:11Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it.See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. See and know that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are hunting me down to take my life.
- 1 Samuel 26:20Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the Lord: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.So do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to look for a flea, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”
- Jeremiah 5:16Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.Their quivers are like open graves; they are all mighty men.
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