Micah 2:1
Woe 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.
Micah 2:1 in other translations
| BSB | Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands. |
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| WEB | Woe 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. |
| ASV | Woe 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. |
| YLT | 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. |
| DARBY | Woe 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. |
| BBE | A curse on the designers of evil, working on their beds! in the morning light they do it, because it is in their power. |
| Webster | Woe 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. |
What does Micah 2:1 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Mi 2:1-13. Denunciation of the Evils Prevalent: The People's Unwillingness to Hear the Truth: Their Expulsion From the Land the Fitting Fruit of Their Sin: Yet Judah and Israel Are Hereafter to Be Restored.
1. devise ... work ... practise--They do evil not merely on a sudden impulse, but with deliberate design. As in the former chapter sins against the first table are reproved, so in this chapter sins against the second table. A gradation: "devise" is the conception of the evil purpose; "work" (Psa 58:2), or "fabricate," the maturing of the scheme; "practise," or "effect," the execution of it. because it is in the power of their hand--for the phrase see Ge 31:29; Pr 3:27. Might, not right, is what regulates their conduct. Where they can, they commit oppression; where they do not, it is because they cannot.Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Introduction
Here the prophet denounces a wo against the plotters of wickedness, the covetous and the oppressor, Mic 2:1, Mic 2:2. God is represented as devising their ruin, Mic 2:3. An Israelite is then introduced as a mourner, personating his people, and lamenting their fate, Mic 2:4. Their total expulsion is now threatened on account of their very numerous offenses, Mic 2:5-10. Great infatuation of the people in favor of those pretenders to Divine inspiration who prophesied to them peace and plenty, Mic 2:11. The chapter concludes with a gracious promise of the restoration of the posterity of Jacob from captivity; possibly alluding to their deliverance from the Chaldean yoke, an event which was about two hundred years in futurity at the delivery of this prophecy, Mic 2:12, Mic 2:13. Verse 1 Wo to them that devise iniquity - Who lay schemes and plans for transgressions; who make it their study to find out new modes of sinning; and make these things their nocturnal meditations, that, having fixed their plan, they may begin to execute it as soon as it is light in the morning. Because it is in the power of their hand - They think they may do whatever they have power and opportunity to do.Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Micah 2:1-5
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Micah 2:1 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Micah 2:1
- Psalms 36:4
He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
- Isaiah 32:7
The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
- Psalms 7:14-16
Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
- Hosea 7:6-7
For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire. They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me.
- Proverbs 6:12-19
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. …
- Nahum 1:11
There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the Lord, a wicked counsellor.
- Romans 1:30
Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
- Proverbs 4:16
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
- Jeremiah 18:18
Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
- Proverbs 3:27
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
- John 19:11
Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
- Deuteronomy 28:32
Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
4 A lamentation.
7 A reproof of injustice and idolatry.
12 A promise of restoring Jacob.
Cir. A.M. 3274. B.C. 730. to.
Es 3:8; 5:14; 9:25; Ps 7:14-16; 140:1-8; Pr 6:12-19; 12:2; Isa 32:7
Isa 59:3; Jer 18:18; Eze 11:2; Na 1:11; Lu 20:19; 22:2-6; Ac 23:12
Ro 1:30
work.
Ps 36:4; Pr 4:16
when.
Ho 7:6,7; Mt 27:1,2; Mr 15:1; Ac 23:15
because.
Ge 31:29; De 28:32; Pr 3:27; Joh 19:11
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Context
- Micah 2:1
Woe 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.
- Micah 2:2
And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
Micah 2:1 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¡AY de los que piensan iniquidad, y de los que fabrican el mal en sus camas! Cuando viene la mañana lo ponen en obra, porque tienen en su mano el poder. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Malheur à ceux qui méditent la vanité et qui préparent le mal sur leurs lits! À la lumière du matin, ils l’exécutent, parce que c’est au pouvoir de leur main. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wehe denen, die Unheil sinnen und Böses vorbereiten auf ihren Lagern! Beim Morgenlicht führen sie es aus, weil es in der Macht ihrer Hand steht. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Væ qui cogitatis inutile, et operamini malum in cubilibus vestris! In luce matutina faciunt illud, quoniam contra Deum est manus eorum. |