Micah 7:2
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
The godly personחָסִיד֙
(cha·sid)
2623: kind, piousfrom chasad
has perishedאָבַ֤ד
(a·vad)
6: to perisha prim. root
from the land,הָאָ֔רֶץ
(ha·'a·retz,)
776: earth, landa prim. root
And there is noאָ֑יִן
(a·yin;)
369: nothing, noughta prim. root
uprightוְיָשָׁ֥ר
(ve·ya·shar)
3477: straight, rightfrom yashar
[person] among men.בָּאָדָ֖ם
(ba·'a·dam)
120: man, mankindfrom an unused word
Allכֻּלָּם֙
(kul·lam)
3605: the whole, allfrom kalal
of them lie in waitיֶאֱרֹ֔בוּ
(ye·'e·ro·vu,)
693: to lie in waita prim. root
for bloodshed;לְדָמִ֣ים
(le·da·mim)
1818: blooda prim. root
Eachאִ֥ישׁ
(ish)
376: manfrom an unused word
of them huntsיָצ֥וּדוּ
(ya·tzu·du)
6679: to hunta prim. root
the otherאָחִ֖יהוּ
(a·chi·hu)
251: a brotherfrom an unused word
with a net.חֵֽרֶם׃
(che·rem.)
2764b: a netfrom charam


















KJV Lexicon
The good
chaciyd  (khaw-seed')
kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint) -- godly (man), good, holy (one), merciful, saint, (un-)godly.
man is perished
'abad  (aw-bad')
to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
out of the earth
'erets  (eh'-rets)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land) -- common, country, earth, field, ground, land, natins, way, + wilderness, world.
and there is none upright
yashar  (yaw-shawr')
straight -- convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), + pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).
among men
'adam  (aw-dawm')
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) -- another, + hypocrite, + common sort, low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
they all lie in wait
'arab  (aw-rab')
to lurk -- (lie in) ambush(-ment), lay (lie in) wait.
for blood
dam  (dawm)
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
they hunt
tsuwd  (tsood)
to lie alongside (i.e. in wait); by implication, to catch an animal (figuratively, men)
every man
'iysh  (eesh)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
his brother
'ach  (awkh)
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1) -- another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other.
with a net
cherem  (khay'-rem)
physical (as shutting in) a net (either literally or figuratively); usually a doomed object; abstr. Extermination
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
The godly person has perished from the land, And there is no upright person among men. All of them lie in wait for bloodshed; Each of them hunts the other with a net.

King James Bible
The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Godly people have vanished from the land; there is no one upright among the people. All of them wait in ambush to shed blood; they hunt each other with a net.

International Standard Version
The faithful have died off, and there is not one upright human being in the land. They all stalk one another with lethal intent, a man will even hunt his own brother with a net.

NET Bible
Faithful men have disappeared from the land; there are no godly men left. They all wait in ambush so they can shed blood; they hunt their own brother with a net.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Faithful people are gone from the earth, and no one is decent. All people lie in ambush to commit murder. They trap each other with nets.

King James 2000 Bible
The godly man has perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
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