12For stayed for good hath the inhabitant of Maroth, For evil hath come down from Jehovah to the gate of Jerusalem.


In Context

9 For mortal are her wounds, For it hath come unto Judah, It hath come to a gate of My people — to Jerusalem.

10 In Gath tell ye not — in Acco weep not, In Beth-Aphrah, in dust roll thyself.

11 Pass over for thee, O inhabitant of Shaphir, Naked one of shame. Not gone out hath the inhabitant of Zaanan, The lamentation of Beth-Ezel doth take from you its standing.

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

13 Bind the chariot to a swift beast, O inhabitant of Lachish, The beginning of sin is she to the daughter of Zion, For in thee have been found the transgressions of Israel.

14 Therefore thou givest presents to Moresheth-Gath, The houses of Achzib become a lying thing to the kings of Israel.

Micah 1:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:12For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:12Those who live in Maroth writhe in pain, waiting for relief, because disaster has come from the Lord , even to the gate of Jerusalem.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:12For the inhabitress of Maroth waited anxiously for good; but evil hath come down from Jehovah unto the gate of Jerusalem.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:12For she is become weak unto good that dwelleth in bitterness: for evil is come down from the Lord into the gate of Jerusalem.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:12For the inhabitant of Maroth waiteth anxiously for good, because evil is come down from Jehovah unto the gate of Jerusalem.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:12For the inhabitant of Maroth waiteth anxiously for good: because evil is come down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:12For the inhabitant of Maroth waited anxiously for good: but evil came down from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:12For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, because evil has come down from Yahweh to the gate of Jerusalem.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:12For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem.