New International Version (NIV)
4The best of them is like a brier,
the most upright worse than a thorn hedge.
The day God visits you has come,
the day your watchmen sound the alarm.
Now is the time of your confusion.
Micah 7:4
Micah 7:4 in 10 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
4The best of them is like a thorn bush,
The most upright like a thorn hedge.
The day when you post your watchmen,
Your punishment is coming.
Then their confusion will occur.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
4The best of them is [injurious] like a briar;
The most upright is [prickly] like a thorn hedge.
The day of your watchmen [that is, the time predicted by the prophets]
And your punishment comes;
Now shall be their confusion.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
4The best of them is like a brier;
the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns.
The day for your watchmen has come,
the day of your visitation.
Now is the time of their confusion.
American Standard Version (ASV)
4The best of them is as a brier; the most upright is worse than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen, even thy visitation, is come; now shall be their perplexity.
Geneva Bible (GNV)
4The best of them is as a brier, and the most righteous of them is sharper then a thorne hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation commeth: then shalbe their confusion.
World English Bible, American English Edition, without Strong's Numbers (WEBUS)
4The best of them is like a brier.
The most upright is worse than a thorn hedge.
The day of your watchmen,
even your visitation, has come;
now is the time of their confusion.
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
4The best of these people are as harmful as thorns.
The most honest of them are even worse.
God has come to punish you.
The time your prophets warned you about has come.
Panic has taken hold of you.
EasyEnglish Bible 2024 (EASY)
4Even the best person is as useless as a thorn bush.
The most honest people are worse than thorn bushes.
The time will soon be here
when the Lord will punish you.
The prophets warned you that this time would come.
It will cause you to become confused.
Literal Standard Version (LSV)
4Their best one [is] as a brier, || The upright one—than a thorn-hedge, || The day of your watchmen—Your visitation—has come. Now is their perplexity.