Berean Standard Bible
“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.”
Micah 2 opens with a woe against those who lie awake at night planning evil and carry it out at daybreak because they have the power. The chapter condemns land-grabbing and the oppression of families, then closes with a promise of a future gathering by a shepherd king.
Open Study notes above for the full note.
Berean Standard Bible (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.
World English Bible (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.
King James Version (KJV)
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.
American Standard Version (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.
Bible in Basic English (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.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 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.
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
¡Ay de los que se pasan la noche tramando el mal, y se levantan de madrugada para ejecutar lo que planearon, porque tienen el poder para hacerlo!
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