Micah 1:12

Micah 1:12 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

12Those who live in Maroth writhe in pain,

waiting for relief,

because disaster has come from the Lord,

even to the gate of Jerusalem.

12For the inhabitant of Maroth

Waits for something good,

Because a disaster has come down from the Lord

To the gate of Jerusalem.

12For the inhabitant of Maroth (Bitterness)

Writhes in pain [at its losses] and waits anxiously for good,

Because a catastrophe has come down from the Lord

To the gate of Jerusalem.

12For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good,

but calamity came down from the Lord,

even to the gate of Jerusalem.

12For the inhabitant of Maroth waiteth anxiously for good, because evil is come down from Jehovah unto the gate of Jerusalem.

12For the inhabitant of Maroth wayted for good, but euill came from the Lord vnto the gate of Ierusalem.

12For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good,

because evil has come down from Yahweh to the gate of Jerusalem.

12Those who live in Maroth will groan with pain

as they wait for help.

That’s because the Lord will bring trouble on them.

It will reach the very gate of Jerusalem.

12The people of Maroth hope for something good to happen.

But the Lord has sent terrible trouble.

It has already reached Jerusalem's city gates.

12For the inhabitant of Maroth has stayed for good, || For calamity has come down from YHWH to the gate of Jerusalem.