Berean Standard Bible
“Woe 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.”
Micah's final chapter opens with a personal cry of grief. He compares himself to someone who goes out after the summer harvest and gleaning, hungry for a cluster of grapes or an early fig, and finds nothing at all.
Open Study notes above for the full note.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Woe 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.
World English Bible (WEB)
Misery is mine! Indeed, I am like one who gathers the summer fruits, as gleanings of the vineyard: There is no cluster of grapes to eat. My soul desires to eat the early fig.
King James Version (KJV)
Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat; my soul desireth the first-ripe fig.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
Sorrow is mine! for I am as when they have got in the summer fruits, like the last of the grapes: there is nothing for food, not even an early fig for my desire.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
¡AY de mí! que he venido á ser como cuando han cogido los frutos del verano, como cuando han rebuscado después de la vendimia, que no queda racimo para comer; mi alma deseó primeros frutos.
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
¡Ay de mí! Soy como el que ha llegado después de que ha pasado la cosecha y ya no encuentra ni higos ni uvas para comer. ¡Y yo que con tanta ilusión esperé por los buenos frutos!
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