Micah 3:7

World English Bible (WEB)

The seers shall be disappointed, and the diviners confounded. Yes, they shall all cover their lips, for there is no answer from God.”

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5 The LORD says concerning the prophets who lead my people astray—for those who feed their teeth, they proclaim, “Peace!” and whoever doesn’t provide for their mouths, they prepare war against him:

6 “Therefore night is over you, with no vision, and it is dark to you, that you may not divine; and the sun will go down on the prophets, and the day will be black over them.

7 The seers shall be disappointed, and the diviners confounded. Yes, they shall all cover their lips, for there is no answer from God.”

8 But as for me, I am full of power by the LORD’s Spirit, and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Jacob his disobedience, and to Israel his sin.

9 Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and pervert all equity,

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Micah 3:7 in every translation

WEB World English Bible: The seers shall be disappointed, and the diviners confounded. Yes, they shall all cover their lips, for there is no answer from God.”
KJV King James Version: Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
BSB Berean Standard Bible: Then the seers will be ashamed and the diviners will be disgraced. They will all cover their mouths because there is no answer from God.”
ASV American Standard Version: And the seers shall be put to shame, and the diviners confounded; yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: And ashamed have been the seers, And confounded have been the diviners, And covered their lip have all of them, For their is no answer, O God.
DBY Darby Translation: And the seers shall be ashamed, and the diviners confounded; and they shall all cover their lips, for there will be no answer of God.
WBS Webster Bible: Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yes, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God.