Mikha 7:2

7:2 Faithful men have disappeared ¹  from the land;

there are no godly men left. ² 

They all wait in ambush so they can shed blood; ³ 

they hunt their own brother with a net. ⁴ 

Mikha 7:6

7:6 For a son thinks his father is a fool,

a daughter challenges ⁵  her mother,

and a daughter-in-law her mother-in-law;

a man’s enemies are his own servants. ⁶ 

[7:2]  ¹ tn Or “have perished”; “have been destroyed.”

[7:2]  ² tn Heb “and an upright one among men there is not.”

[7:2]  ³ tn Heb “for bloodshed” (so NASB); TEV “for a chance to commit murder.”

[7:2]  ⁴ sn Micah compares these ungodly people to hunters trying to capture their prey with a net.

[7:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “rises up against.”

[7:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “the enemies of a man are the men of his house.”