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Micah 7:4

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4The best of them is like a brier;b

the most upright is worse than a hedge of thorns.c

The day of your watchmen,

the day of your punishment, is coming;d

at this time their panic is here.e

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Cross references

  1. bEzk 2:6; 28:24
  2. cNah 1:10
  3. dIs 10:3; Hs 9:7
  4. eIs 22:5

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The best of them is like a brier,

the most upright of them a thorn hedge.

The day of your watchmen, of your punishment, has come;

now their confusion is at hand.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The best of them is like a brier,

the most upright worse than a thorn hedge.

The day God visits you has come,

the day your watchmen sound the alarm.

Now is the time of your confusion.

NLTNew Living Translation

Even the best of them is like a brier;

the most honest is as dangerous as a hedge of thorns.

But your judgment day is coming swiftly now.

Your time of punishment is here, a time of confusion.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The best of them is like a brier;

the most upright worse than a thorn hedge.

The day of your watchman, your punishment, has come;

now their confusion will come.

KJV 1900King James Version

The best of them is as a brier:

The most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge:

The day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh;

Now shall be their perplexity.