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Micah 2:1

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OPPRESSORS JUDGED

2Woe to those who dream up wickedness

and prepare evil plansap on their beds!

At morning lightaq they accomplish it

because the power is in their hands.a

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Cross references

  1. apPs 36:4; Is 32:7; Nah 1:11
  2. aqHs 7:6–7
  3. aGn 31:29; Dt 28:32; Pr 3:27

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Woe to those who devise wickedness

and work evil on their beds!

When the morning dawns, they perform it,

because it is in the power of their hand.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Woe to those who plan iniquity,

to those who plot evil on their beds!

At morning’s light they carry it out

because it is in their power to do it.

NLTNew Living Translation

What sorrow awaits you who lie awake at night,

thinking up evil plans.

You rise at dawn and hurry to carry them out,

simply because you have the power to do so.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Woe to those who plan wickedness

and evil deeds upon their beds!

In the light of the morning they did it,

because they have power in their hands.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.