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Micah 3:7  (1611 King James Bible)

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Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diuiners confounded: yea, they shall all couer their lips; for there is no answere of God.



- 1611 King James Bible

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Micah 3:7 side note reference: Heb. vpper lippe.

 

Other Translations of Micah 3:7

Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for [there is] no answer of God.
- King James Version (Pure Cambridge 'Authorized Version')

And the seers shall be put to shame, and the diviners confounded; yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
- American Standard Version (1901)

And the seers will be shamed, and the readers of the future will be at a loss, all of them covering their lips; for there is no answer from God.
- Basic English Bible

And the seers will be shamed, and the readers of the future will be at a loss, all of them covering their lips; for there is no answer from God.
- Darby Bible

Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yes, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
- Webster's Bible

The seers shall be disappointed, and the diviners confounded. Yes, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer from God."
- World English Bible

And ashamed have been the seers, And confounded have been the diviners, And covered their lip have all of them, For their is no answer, O God.
- Youngs Literal Bible

And the seers shall be put to shame, and the diviners confounded; yea, they shall all cover their upper lips; for there shall be no answer of God.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible

 

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View Wesley's Notes for Micah 3:7

3:7 The seers - So called by the deceived people. Cover their lips - Mourners did thus, #Ezek 24:17|,22. So these shall mourn and pine in their shame. No answer - Because the answer they had formerly, pretended to be from God, now appears not to have been from him.

 


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