Micah 7:6

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 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. 5Do not trust in a neighbor; Do not have confidence in a close friend. Guard your lips From her who lies in your arms. For son disavows father, Daughter rises up against her mother, Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; A person’s enemies are the people of his own household. 7But as for me, I will be on the watch for the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me. 8Do not rejoice over me, enemy of mine. Though I fall I will rise; Though I live in darkness, the Lord is a light for me.

Micah 7:6 word by word

כִּֽי־בֵן֙ מְנַבֵּ֣ל אָ֔ב בַּ֚ת קָמָ֣ה בְאִמָּ֔הּ כַּלָּ֖ה בַּחֲמֹתָ֑הּ אֹיְבֵ֥י אִ֖ישׁ אַנְשֵׁ֥י בֵיתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• disavowsנָבַלnâbêl · be senselessH5034
• fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• Daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• risesקָמָיqûm · (Leb)-kamaiH6965
• against her motherאֵם'êm · motherH517
• Daughter-in-lawכַּלָּהkallâh · daughter-in-lawH3618
• against her mother-in-lawחֲמוֹתchămôth chămôth · mother-in-lawH2545
• A person’sאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• enemiesאָיַב'âyab · be hostileH340
• are the peopleאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• of his own householdבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004

Cross-references for Micah 7:6

• Genesis 9:22Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
• Genesis 49:4Uncontrollable as water, you shall not have preeminence, Because you went up to your father’s bed; Then you defiled it--he went up to my couch.
• 2 Samuel 15:10But Absalom sent spies throughout the tribes of Israel, saying, “As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, ‘Absalom is king in Hebron!’”
• 2 Samuel 16:11Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my son who came out of my own body seeks my life; how much more now this Benjaminite? Leave him alone and let him curse, for the Lord has told him.
• Proverbs 30:11There is a kind of person who curses his father And does not bless his mother.
• Ezekiel 22:7They have treated father and mother with contempt among you. They have oppressed the stranger in your midst; they have oppressed the orphan and the widow among you.
• Matthew 10:21“Now brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be 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 21:16But you will be betrayed even by parents, brothers and sisters, other relatives, and friends, and they will put some of you to death,
• 2 Timothy 3:2For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy,
• Psalms 41:9Even my close friend in whom I trusted, Who ate my bread, Has lifted up his heel against me.
• Psalms 55:12For it is not an enemy who taunts me, Then I could endure it; Nor is it one who hates me who has exalted himself against me, Then I could hide myself from him.
• Jeremiah 12:6For even your brothers and the household of your father, Even they have dealt treacherously with you, Even they have called aloud after you. Do not believe them, though they say nice things to you.”
• Jeremiah 20:10For I have heard the whispering of many, “Terror on every side! Denounce him; let’s denounce him!” All my trusted friends, Watching for my fall, say: “Perhaps he will be persuaded, so that we may prevail against him And take our revenge on him.”
• Obadiah 1:7All the people allied with you Will send you to the border, And the people at peace with you Will deceive you and overpower you. They who eat your bread Will set an ambush for you. (There is no understanding in him.)
• Matthew 26:23And He answered, “He who dipped his hand with Me in the bowl is the one who 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

Topics related to Micah 7:6

• Children
• Daughter-In-Law
• Despondency
• Sin
• War

In the dictionaries

• Daughter-in-Law
• Mother-in-Law
• Light
• Mouth
• Net
• Child; Children
• Father
• Micah (2)
• Relationships, Family

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