5Trust you not in a friend, put you not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of your mouth from her that lies in your bosom.


In Context

2 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.

3 That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a reward; and the great man, he utters his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

4 The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of your watchmen and your visitation comes; now shall be their perplexity.

5 Trust you not in a friend, put you not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of your mouth from her that lies in your bosom.

6 For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.

7 Therefore I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

Micah 7:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:5Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:5Do not trust a neighbor; put no confidence in a friend. Even with her who lies in your embrace be careful of your words.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:5Trust ye not in a neighbor; put ye not confidence in a friend; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:5Believe not a friend, and trust not in a prince: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that sleepeth in thy bosom.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:5Believe ye not in a companion, put not confidence in a familiar friend: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:5Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:5Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:5Don't trust in a neighbor. Don't put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:5Believe not in a friend, trust not in a leader, From her who is lying in thy bosom keep the openings of thy mouth.