Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all: at Beth-le-aphrah have I rolled myself in the dust.
New American Standard Bible
Weep not at all.
At
King James Version
Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.
Holman Bible
don’t weep at all.
Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.
International Standard Version
"Don't discuss it in Gath! Don't cry bitterly in Akim! Roll in the ashes, Beth-leaphrah!
A Conservative Version
Tell it not in Gath. Weep not at all. I have rolled myself in the dust at Beth-le-aphrah.
Amplified
Weep not at all [and in this way betray your grief to Gentiles];
In Beth-le-aphrah (House of Dust) roll in the dust [among your own people].
Bible in Basic English
Give no word of it in Gath, let there be no weeping at all: at Beth-le-aphrah be rolling in the dust.
Darby Translation
Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all; at Beth-le-aphrah roll thyself in the dust.
Julia Smith Translation
Ye shall not announce in Gath; weeping, ye shall not weep: in the house of dust roll thyself in dust
King James 2000
Declare it not at Gath, weep not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll yourself in the dust.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Do not tell [it] in Gath; you must not weep at all. In Beth-le-Aphrah roll yourself [in] dust.
Modern King James verseion
Do not declare it in Gath; weep not at all; in the house of Leaphrah roll in the dust.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Weep not, lest they at Gath perceive it. Thou at Bethleaphrah, welter thyself in the dust and ashes.
NET Bible
Don't spread the news in Gath! Don't shed even a single tear! In Beth Leaphrah sit in the dust!
New Heart English Bible
Do not tell it in Gath. Do not weep at all. At Beth Ophrah I have rolled myself in the dust.
The Emphasized Bible
In Gath, do not tell, in Accho, do not weep, - in Beth-l'aphrah, roll yourselves in dust.
Webster
Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.
World English Bible
Don't tell it in Gath. Don't weep at all. At Beth Ophrah I have rolled myself in the dust.
Youngs Literal Translation
In Gath tell ye not -- in Acco weep not, In Beth-Aphrah, in dust roll thyself.
Interlinear
Nagad
Bakah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Micah 1:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Micah's Lament
9 For her wounds are incurable; for it is come even unto Judah; it reacheth unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem. 10 Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all: at Beth-le-aphrah have I rolled myself in the dust. 11 Pass away, O inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame: the inhabitant of Zaanan is not come forth; the wailing of Beth-ezel shall take from you the stay thereof.
Cross References
2 Samuel 1:20
Tell it not in Gath, Publish it not in the streets of Ashkelon; Lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, Lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Jeremiah 6:26
O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the destroyer shall suddenly come upon us.
Joshua 18:23
and Avvim, and Parah, and Ophrah,
Job 2:8
And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself therewith; and he sat among the ashes.
Lamentations 3:29
Let him put his mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.
Amos 5:13
Therefore he that is prudent shall keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.
Amos 6:10
And when a man's uncle shall take him up, even he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is in the innermost parts of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No; then shall he say, Hold thy peace; for we may not make mention of the name of Jehovah.