Verse 4
Micah 7:4
English Revised Version
4
The 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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
טוֹבָ֣/ם כְּ/חֵ֔דֶק יָשָׁ֖ר מִ/מְּסוּכָ֑ה י֤וֹם מְצַפֶּ֨י/ךָ֙ פְּקֻדָּתְ/ךָ֣ בָ֔אָה עַתָּ֥ה תִהְיֶ֖ה מְבוּכָתָֽ/ם
English Translation
Good like a straight arrow from a danger, the day of your expectation will come; now you will be confused.
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