Parallel Verses
World English Bible
Don't trust in a neighbor. Don't put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!
New American Standard Bible
Do not have confidence in a friend.
From her who lies in your bosom
Guard
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
don’t trust in a close companion.
Seal your mouth
from the woman who lies in your arms.
International Standard Version
Don't trust your friends, don't confide in a companion, watch what you say to your wife.
A Conservative Version
Trust ye not in a neighbor. Put ye not confidence in a friend. Keep the doors of thy mouth from her who lays in thy bosom.
American Standard Version
Trust ye not in a neighbor; put ye not confidence in a friend; keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
Amplified
Do not trust in a neighbor [because of the moral corruption in the land];
Do not have confidence in a friend.
Guard the doors of your mouth
From her who lies in your bosom.
Bible in Basic English
Put no faith in a friend, do not let your hope be placed in a relation: keep watch on the doors of your mouth against her who is resting on your breast.
Darby Translation
Believe ye not in a companion, put not confidence in a familiar friend: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
Julia Smith Translation
Ye shall not trust in a companion, ye shall not confide in a friend: watch the doors of thy mouth from her lying in thy bosom.
King James 2000
Trust not in a friend, put not confidence in a companion: keep the doors of your mouth from her that lies in your bosom.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Do not put faith in a friend; put no trust in a close friend. Guard the doorways of your mouth from the one who lies in your lap.
Modern King James verseion
Put no trust in a friend; put no hope in a guide; keep the door of your mouth from her who lies in your bosom.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Let no man believe his friend, nor put his confidence in a prince. Keep the door of thy mouth, from her that lieth in thy bosom:
NET Bible
Do not rely on a friend; do not trust a companion! Don't even share secrets with the one who lies in your arms!
New Heart English Bible
Do not trust in a neighbor. Do not put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth.
The Emphasized Bible
Do not trust in a friend, do not put confidence in an associate, - from her that lieth in thy bosom, keep thou the doors of thy mouth;
Webster
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
Believe not in a friend, trust not in a leader, From her who is lying in thy bosom keep the openings of thy mouth.
Interlinear
'aman
Shamar
Peh
References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Micah 7:5
Prayers for Micah 7:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Wait Upon Yahweh
4 The best of them is like a brier. The most upright is worse than a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen, even your visitation, has come; now is the time of their confusion. 5 Don't trust in a neighbor. Don't put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth! 6 For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 9:4
Take heed everyone of his neighbor, and don't trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.
Judges 16:5-20
The lords of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, "Entice him, and see in which his great strength lies, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will each give you eleven hundred [pieces] of silver."
Job 6:14-15
"To him who is ready to faint, kindness should be shown from his friend; even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
Psalm 118:8-9
It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man.
Matthew 10:16
"Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.