1Woe to those devising iniquity, And working evil on their beds, In the light of the morning they do it, For their hand is — to God.


In Context

1 Woe to those devising iniquity, And working evil on their beds, In the light of the morning they do it, For their hand is — to God.

2 And they have desired fields, And they have taken violently, And houses, and they have taken away, And have oppressed a man and his house, Even a man and his inheritance.

3 Therefore, thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am devising against this family evil, From which ye do not remove your necks, Nor walk loftily, for a time of evil it is.

Micah 2:1 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:1Woe 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:1Woe 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:1Woe to you that devise that which is unprofitable, and work evil in your beds: in the morning light they execute it, because their hand is against God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:1Woe 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:1Woe 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:1Woe 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:1Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:1Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:1Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil on their beds! when the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.