BibleHearthNew International Version (NIV)
16Shave your head in mourning
for the children in whom you delight;
make yourself as bald as the vulture,
for they will go from you into exile.
Micah 1:16
Micah 1:16 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
16Shave yourself bald, yes, cut off your hair,
Because of the children of your delight;
Extend your baldness like the eagle,
For they will go from you into exile.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
16Make yourself bald [in mourning]—shave off your hair
For the children of your delight;
Remain as bald as the eagle,
For your children will be taken from you into exile.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
16Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair
in mourning for your precious children;
make yourselves as bald as an eagle,
for they will go from you into exile.
American Standard Version (ASV)
16Make thee bald, and cut off thy hair for the children of thy delight: enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
Geneva Bible (GNV)
16Make thee balde: and shaue thee for thy delicate children: enlarge thy baldenesse as the eagle, for they are gone into captiuity from thee.
World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)
16Shave your heads,
and cut off your hair for the children of your delight.
Enlarge your baldness like the vulture,
for they have gone into captivity from you!
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
16The children you enjoy so much
will be taken away as prisoners.
So shave your heads and mourn.
Make them as bare as the head of a vulture.
EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)
16People of Judah, show that you are very sad.
Cut all the hair from your heads
to make yourselves bald like vultures.
Your enemies will take away the children that you love.
They will take them away as prisonersto a foreign country.
Literal Standard Version (LSV)
16Make bald and shave, for your delightful sons, || Enlarge your baldness as an eagle, || For they have removed from you!