Berean Standard Bible
Micah 7:6
6For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies are the members of his own household.1
Micah 7:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.
- New International Version (NIV)For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises up against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law— a man’s enemies are the members of his own household.
- English Standard Version (ESV)for the son treats the father with contempt, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For son dishonors father, Daughter rises against her mother, Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; A man’s enemies are the men of his own household.
Context of Micah 7:6
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. 5Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms. For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies are the members of his own household. 7But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me. 8Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
Read all of Micah 7Micah 7:6 word by word
כִּֽי־בֵן֙ מְנַבֵּ֣ל אָ֔ב בַּ֚ת קָמָ֣ה בְאִמָּ֔הּ כַּלָּ֖ה בַּחֲמֹתָ֑הּ אֹיְבֵ֥י אִ֖ישׁ אַנְשֵׁ֥י בֵיתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
- Forכִּיkîy · forH3588
- a sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
- dishonorsנָבַלnâbêl · be senselessH5034
- his fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
- a daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
- risesקוּםqûm · to arise: attackH6965
- against her motherאֵם'êm · motherH517
- and a daughter-in-lawכַּלָּהkallâh · daughter-in-lawH3618
- against her mother-in-lawחֲמוֹתchămôth chămôth · mother-in-lawH2545
- A man’sאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
- enemiesאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
- the membersאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
- of his own householdבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
Cross-references for Micah 7:6
- Genesis 9:22And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers outside.
- Genesis 49:4Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.
- 2 Samuel 15:10Then Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel with this message: “When you hear the sound of the horn, you are to say, ‘Absalom reigns in Hebron!’”
- 2 Samuel 16:11Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son, my own flesh and blood, seeks my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone and let him curse me, for the LORD has told him so.
- Proverbs 30:11There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
- Ezekiel 22:7Father and mother are treated with contempt. Within your walls the foreign resident is exploited, the fatherless and the widow are oppressed.
- Matthew 10:21Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.
- Luke 12:53They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
- Luke 21:16You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you will be put to death.
- 2 Timothy 3:2For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
- Psalms 41:9Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
- Psalms 55:12For it is not an enemy who insults me; that I could endure. It is not a foe who rises against me; from him I could hide.
- Jeremiah 12:6Even your brothers— your own father’s household— even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.
- Jeremiah 20:10For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.”
- Obadiah 1:7All the men allied with you will drive you to the border; the men at peace with you will deceive and overpower you. Those who eat your bread will set a trap for you without your awareness of it.
- Matthew 26:23Jesus answered, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with Me will betray Me.
Commentaries on Micah 7:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6For the son dishonoreth the father - See the use our Lord has made of these words, where he quotes them, Matthew 10:21; (note), Matthew 10:25; (note), Matthew 10:36; (note), and the notes there.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-6Do not rely on a friend: Bitterness, corruption, and betrayal had harmed the community of the Lord's people (compare Matthew 10:34–36; Luke 12:52–53).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. son dishonoureth the father--The state of unnatural lawlessness in all relations of life is here described which is to characterize the last times, before Messiah comes to punish the ungodly and save Israel (compare Lu 21:16; 2Ti 3:1-3).Read the comment
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Notes
- 1. Micah 7:6 Cited in Matthew 10:35–36; see also Luke 12:53. ↩
Commentaries on Micah 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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