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Micah 7:4

NETBible	The best of them is like a thorn; the most godly among them are more dangerous than a row of thorn bushes.¹ The day you try to avoid by posting watchmen – your appointed time of punishment – is on the way,² and then you will experience confusion.³
NIV © biblegateway Mic 7:4	The best of them is like a brier, the most upright worse than a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen has come, the day God visits you. Now is the time of their confusion.
NASB © biblegateway Mic 7:4	The best of them is like a briar, The most upright like a thorn hedge. The day when you post your watchmen, Your punishment will come. Then their confusion will occur.
NLT © biblegateway Mic 7:4	Even the best of them is like a brier; the straightest is more crooked than a hedge of thorns. But your judgment day is coming swiftly now. Your time of punishment is here.
MSG © biblegateway Mic 7:4	The best and brightest are thistles. The top of the line is crabgrass. But no longer: It's exam time. Look at them slinking away in disgrace!
BBE © SABDAweb Mic 7:4	The best of them is like a waste plant, and their upright ones are like a wall of thorns. Sorrow! the day of their fate has come; now will trouble come on them.
NRSV © bibleoremus Mic 7:4	The best of them is like a brier, the most upright of them a thorn hedge. The day of their sentinels, of their punishment, has come; now their confusion is at hand.
NKJV © biblegateway Mic 7:4	The best of them is like a brier; The most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge; The day of your watchman and your punishment comes; Now shall be their perplexity.
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KJV	The best <02896> of them [is] as a brier <02312>_: the most upright <03477> [is sharper] than a thorn hedge <04534>_: the day <03117> of thy watchmen <06822> (8764) [and] thy visitation <06486> cometh <0935> (8804)_; now shall be their perplexity <03998>_.
NASB © biblegateway Mic 7:4	The best <02896> of them is like a briar <02312> , The most upright <03477> like a thorn <04534> hedge <04534> . The day <03117> when you post your watchmen <06822> , Your punishment <06486> will come <0935> . Then <06258> their confusion <03998> will occur <01961> .
LXXM	ta <3588> T-APN agaya <18> A-APN autwn <846> D-GPM wv <3739> CONJ shv <4674> A-GSF ektrwgwn {V-PAPNS} kai <2532> CONJ badizwn {V-PAPNS} epi <1909> PREP kanonov <2583> N-GSM en <1722> PREP hmera <2250> N-DSF skopiav {N-GSF} ouai <3759> INJ ouai <3759> INJ ai <3588> T-NPF ekdikhseiv <1557> N-NPF sou <4771> P-GS hkasin <1854> V-PAI-3P nun <3568> ADV esontai <1510> V-FMI-3P klauymoi <2805> N-NPM autwn <846> D-GPM
NET [draft] ITL	The best <02896> of them is like a thorn <02312> ; the most godly <03477> among them are more dangerous than a row of thorn bushes <04534> . The day <03117> you try to avoid by posting watchmen <06822> – your appointed time of punishment <06486> – is on the way <0935> , and then <06258> you will experience <01961> confusion <03998> .
HEBREW	Mtkwbm <03998> hyht <01961> hte <06258> hab <0935> Ktdqp <06486> Kypum <06822> Mwy <03117> hkwomm <04534> rsy <03477> qdxk <02312> Mbwj (7:4) <02896>

NETBible

The best of them is like a thorn; the most godly among them are more dangerous than a row of thorn bushes.¹ The day you try to avoid by posting watchmen – your appointed time of punishment – is on the way,² and then you will experience confusion.³

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “[the] godly from a row of thorn bushes.” The preposition מִן (min) is comparative and the comparative element (perhaps “sharper” is the idea) is omitted. See BDB 582 s.v. 6 and GKC 431 §133.e.

²tn Heb “the day of your watchmen, your appointed [time], is coming.” The present translation takes “watchmen” to refer to actual sentries. However, the “watchmen” could refer figuratively to the prophets who had warned Judah of approaching judgment. In this case one could translate, “The day your prophets warned about – your appointed time of punishment – is on the way.”

³tn Heb “and now will be their confusion.”