Micah 1:12

KJV1611 – Modern English

For the inhabitant of Maroth waited for good, but evil came down from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    The inhabitants of Maroth writhe in pain, waiting for relief, because disaster has come from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For the inhabitant{H3427} of Maroth{H4796} waiteth anxiously{H2342} for good,{H2896} because evil{H7451} is come down{H3381} from Jehovah{H3068} unto the gate{H8179} of Jerusalem.{H3389}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For the inhabitant{H3427}{(H8802)} of Maroth{H4796} waited carefully{H2342}{(H8804)} for good{H2896}: but evil{H7451} came down{H3381}{(H8804)} from the LORD{H3068} unto the gate{H8179} of Jerusalem{H3389}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    The rebellious cite hopeth, that it shal not be so euell: but for all that, the plage shal come from the LORDE, euen in to the porte of Ierusalem.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For the inhabitant of Maroth wayted for good, but euill came from the Lorde vnto the gate of Ierusalem.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For the inhabitautes of Maroth wayled for good, but the plague shall come from the Lorde, euen vnto the gates of Hierusalem.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, Because evil has come down from Yahweh to the gate of Jerusalem.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    For stayed for good hath the inhabitant of Maroth, For evil hath come down from Jehovah to the gate of Jerusalem.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For the inhabitant of Maroth waiteth anxiously for good, because evil is come down from Jehovah unto the gate of Jerusalem.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For the inhabitant of Maroth waiteth anxiously for good, because evil is come down from Jehovah unto the gate of Jerusalem.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For the one living in Maroth is waiting for good: for evil has come down from the Lord to the doorways of Jerusalem.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, because evil has come down from Yahweh to the gate of Jerusalem.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Indeed, the residents of Maroth hope for something good to happen, though the LORD has sent disaster against the city of Jerusalem.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 14:19 : 19 Have You utterly rejected Judah? Has Your soul loathed Zion? Why have You struck us down, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, but behold, trouble!
  • Amos 3:6 : 6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be calamity in a city, and the LORD has not brought it?
  • Mic 1:9 : 9 For her wound is incurable; for it has come to Judah; it has reached the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
  • Isa 45:7 : 7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create calamity: I the LORD do all these things.
  • Isa 59:9-9 : 9 Therefore justice is far from us, nor does righteousness overtake us: we wait for light, but see obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. 10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon as in the night; we are in desolate places like dead men. 11 We all roar like bears, and mourn deeply like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.
  • Jer 8:15 : 15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold, trouble!
  • Ruth 1:20 : 20 And she said to them, Do not call me Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.
  • 1 Sam 4:13 : 13 And when he came, behold, Eli sat upon a seat by the roadside watching, for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city and told it, all the city cried out.
  • Job 30:26 : 26 When I looked for good, then evil came to me; and when I waited for light, darkness came.

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