Micah 7:2 “The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright amo…”

Micah 7:2

The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

The godly man has perished out of the earth, and there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; every man hunts his brother with a net.

American Standard Version

The godly 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.

Geneva Bible 1599

The good man is perished out of the earth, and there is none righteous among men: they all lye in wayte for blood: euery man hunteth his brother with a net.

Darby Translation

The godly [man] hath perished out of the land, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood, they hunt every man his brother with a net.

Young's Literal Translation

Perished hath the kind out of the land, And upright among men — there are none, All of them for blood lie in wait, Each his brother they hunt [with] a net.

Bible in Basic English

The good man is gone from the earth, there is no one upright among men: they are all waiting secretly for blood, every man is going after his brother with a net.

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Cross references

“is perished”

Psalm 12:1 Psalm 14:1–3 Isaiah 57:1 Romans 3:10–18

Psalm 12:1 · BSB

Help, O LORD, for the godly are no more; the faithful have vanished from among men.

Psalm 14:1–3 · BSB

The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.

Isaiah 57:1 · BSB

The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one considers that the righteous are taken away from the presence of evil.

Romans 3:10–18 · BSB

As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.

“they all”

Isaiah 59:7 Proverbs 1:11 Proverbs 12:6 Jeremiah 5:16

Isaiah 59:7 · BSB

Their feet run to evil; they are swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their wake.

Proverbs 1:11 · BSB

If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,

Proverbs 12:6 · BSB

The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

Jeremiah 5:16 · BSB

Their quivers are like open graves; they are all mighty men.

“hunt”

Jeremiah 5:26 Jeremiah 16:16 1 Samuel 24:11 1 Samuel 26:20 Psalm 57:6 Lamentations 4:18

Jeremiah 5:26 · BSB

For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.

Jeremiah 16:16 · BSB

But for now I will send for many fishermen, declares the LORD, and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill, even from the clefts of the rocks…

1 Samuel 24:11 · BSB

See, my father, look at the corner of your robe in my hand. For I cut it off, but I did not kill you. Know and see that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands. I have not sinned against you, even though you are huntin…

1 Samuel 26:20 · BSB

So do not let my blood fall to the ground far from the presence of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to look for a flea, like one who hunts a partridge in the mountains.”

Psalm 57:6 · BSB

They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah

Lamentations 4:18 · BSB

They stalked our every step, so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near, our time ran out, for our end had come!

Also

Micah 3:10

Micah 3:10 · BSB

who build Zion with bloodshed and Jerusalem with iniquity.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1Woe is me! For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave.

3Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.

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