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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.

New American Standard Bible

Tell it not in Gath,
Weep not at all.
At Beth-le-aphrah roll yourself in the dust.

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 announce it in Gath,
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.

American Standard Version

Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all: at Beth-le-aphrah have I rolled myself in the dust.

Amplified


Announce it not in Gath [in Philistia],
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].

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נגד 
Nagad 
Usage: 370

ye it not at Gath
גּת 
Gath 
Usage: 33

בּכה 
Bakah 
Usage: 114

ye not at all
בּכה 
Bakah 
Usage: 114

in the house of Aphrah
בּית לעפרה 
Beyth l@-`Aphrah 
Usage: 1

פּלשׁ 
Palash 
Usage: 4

References

Context Readings

Micah's Lament

9 For her wounds may not be made well: for it has come even to Judah, stretching up to the doorway of my people, even to Jerusalem. 10 Give no word of it in Gath, let there be no weeping at all: at Beth-le-aphrah be rolling in the dust. 11 Be uncovered and go away, you who are living in Shaphir: the one living in Zaanan has not come out of her town; Beth-ezel is taken away from its base, even from its resting-place.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:20

Give no news of it in Gath, let it not be said in the streets of Ashkelon; or the daughters of the Philistines will be glad, the daughters of men without circumcision will be uplifted in joy.

Jeremiah 6:26

O daughter of my people, put on haircloth, rolling yourself in the dust: give yourself to sorrow, as for an only son, with most bitter cries of grief; for he who makes waste will come on us suddenly.

Joshua 18:23

And Avvim and Parah and Ophrah

Job 2:8

And he took a broken bit of a pot, and, seated in the dust, was rubbing himself with the sharp edge of it.

Lamentations 3:29

Let him put his mouth in the dust, if by chance there may be hope.

Amos 5:13

So the wise will say nothing in that time; for it is an evil time.

Amos 6:10

And when a man's relation, even the one who is responsible for burning his body, lifting him up to take his bones out of the house, says to him who is in the inmost part of the house, Is there still anyone with you? and he says, No; then he will say, Keep quiet, for the name of the Lord may not be named.

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