Weeping and Mourning
Micah 1:10
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Do not tell it in Gath; do not weep at all. Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah.Gath sounds like the Hebrew for tell.Beth-Leaphrah means house of dust.
- KJV
- ¶ Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.Aphrah: that is, Dust
- WEB
- Don’t tell it in Gath. Don’t weep at all. At Beth Ophrah I have rolled myself in the dust.Beth Ophrah means literally “House of Dust.”
- ASV
- Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all: at Beth-le-aphrah have I rolled myself in the dust.
- LSV
- In Gath do not tell—in Acco do not weep, || In Beth-Aphrah, roll yourself in dust.
- YLT
- In Gath tell ye not — in Acco weep not, In Beth-Aphrah, in dust roll thyself.
- DBY
- Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all; at Beth-le-aphrah roll thyself in the dust.
- DRC
- Declare ye it not in Geth, weep ye not with tears: in the house of Dust sprinkle yourselves with dust.
- GNV
- Declare ye it not at Gath, neither weepe ye: for the house of Aphrah roule thy selfe in the dust.
- JPS
- Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all; at Beth-le-aphrah roll thyself in the dust.
- LXXE
- Ye that are in Geth, exalt not yourselves, and ye Enakim, do not rebuild from the ruins of the house in derision: sprinkle dust in the place of your laughter.
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- Written (Ketiv): הִתְפַּלָּשְׁתִּי׃ (“I have rolled myself”). Read aloud (Qere): הִתְפַּלָּֽשִׁי׃ (“roll yourself”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads הִתְפַּלָּֽשִׁתי׃; read aloud (Qere) reads הִתְפַּלָּֽשִׁי׃ (“roll yourself”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- בְּגַת֙ אַל־תַּגִּ֔ידוּ בָּכ֖וֹ אַל־תִּבְכּ֑וּ בְּבֵ֣ית לְעַפְרָ֔ה עָפָ֖ר התפלשתי׃Read aloud as (qere): הִתְפַּלָּֽשִׁי
- LXX-Br
- Οἱ ἐν Γὲθ μὴ μεγαλύνεσθε, καὶ οἱ Ἐνακεὶμ μὴ ἀνοικοδομεῖτε ἐξ οἴκου κατὰ γέλωτα, γῆν καταπάσασθε καταγέλωτα ὑμῶν,
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
AphrahGathBeth-le-AphrahBeth-LeaphrahBeth-El-Aphrah (R. V.) Aphrah (a. V.)ShaphirMicah (2)Names, Proper
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Cross-references most cited first
- 2 Samuel 1:20Tell it not in Gath; proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, and the daughters of the uncircumcised exult.
- Jeremiah 6:26O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.
- Lamentations 3:29Let him bury his face in the dust— perhaps there is still hope.
- Joshua 18:23Avvim, Parah, Ophrah,
- Job 2:8And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.
- Amos 5:13Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil.
- Amos 6:10And when the relative who is to burn the bodies picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside, “Is anyone else with you?” “None,” that person will answer. “Silence,” the relative will retort,…
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