Micah 7:5

Micah 7:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
• New International Version (NIV)Do not trust a neighbor; put no confidence in a friend. Even with the woman who lies in your embrace guard the words of your lips.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Put no trust in a neighbor; have no confidence in a friend; guard the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms;
• New King James Version (NKJV)Do not trust in a friend; Do not put your confidence in a companion; Guard the doors of your mouth From her who lies in your bosom.

Context of Micah 7:5

3Both their hands are equally skilled at doing evil! Officials and judges alike demand bribes. The people with influence get what they want, and together they scheme to twist justice. 4Even the best of them is like a brier; the most honest is as dangerous as a hedge of thorns. But your judgment day is coming swiftly now. Your time of punishment is here, a time of confusion. Don’t trust anyone— not your best friend or even your wife! 6For the son despises his father. The daughter defies her mother. The daughter-in-law defies her mother-in-law. Your enemies are right in your own household! 7As for me, I look to the Lord for help. I wait confidently for God to save me, and my God will certainly hear me.

Micah 7:5 word by word

אַל־תַּאֲמִ֣ינוּ בְרֵ֔עַ אַֽל־תִּבְטְח֖וּ בְּאַלּ֑וּף מִשֹּׁכֶ֣בֶת חֵיקֶ֔ךָ שְׁמֹ֖ר פִּתְחֵי־פִֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Trustאָמַן'âman · be faithfulH539
• ye not in a friendרֵעַrêa‛ rêya‛ · neighborH7453
• put ye not confidenceבָּטַחbâţach · to trustH982
• in a guideאַלּוּף'alûph 'allûph · tameH441
• keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: guardH8104
• the doorsפֶּ֫תַחpethach · entranceH6607
• of thy mouthפֶּהpeh · lipH6310
• from her that liethשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901
• in thy bosomחֵיקchêyq chêq chôq · bosom: embraceH2436

Cross-references for Micah 7:5

• Job 6:14“One should be kind to a fainting friend, but you accuse me without any fear of the Almighty.
• Psalms 118:8It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in people.
• Jeremiah 9:4“Beware of your neighbor! Don’t even trust your brother! For brother takes advantage of brother, and friend slanders friend.
• Matthew 10:16“Look, I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. So be as shrewd as snakes and harmless as doves.
• Judges 16:5The rulers of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice Samson to tell you what makes him so strong and how he can be overpowered and tied up securely. Then each of us will give you 1,100 pieces of silver.”

Commentaries on Micah 7:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Trust ye not in a friend - These times will be so evil, and the people so wicked, that all bonds will be dissolved; and even the most intimate will betray each other, when they can hope to serve themselves by it. On this passage, in the year 1798, I find I have written as follows: - "Trust ye not in a friend. - Several of those whom I have delighted to call by that name have deceived me. "Put ye not confidence in a guide. - Had I followed some of these I…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Trust ye not in a friend - It is part of the perplexity of crooked ways, that all relationships are put out of joint. Selfishness rends each from the other, and disjoints the whole frame of society. Passions and sin break every band of friendship, kindred, gratitude, nature. “Everyone seeketh his own‘.” Times of trial and of outward harass increase this; so that God‘s visitations are seasons of the most frightful recklessness as to everything but sell: So…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. 55. Trust ye not in a friend--Faith is kept nowhere: all to a man are treacherous (Jr 9:2-6). When justice is perverted by the great, faith nowhere is safe. So, in gospel times of persecution, "a man's foes are they of his own household" (Mt 10:35, 36; Lu 12:53). guide--a counsellor [Calvin] able to help and advise (compare Psa 118:8, 9; 146:3). The head of your family, to whom all the members of the family would naturally repair in emergencies. Similarly…Read the comment

Topics related to Micah 7:5

• Despondency
• Hypocrisy
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• Light
• Mouth
• Net
• Guide
• Micah (2)

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