Micah 2:1

Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.

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WEBBE

Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil on their beds! When the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

BSB

Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.

KJV

Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

ASV

Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

BBE

A curse on the designers of evil, working on their beds! in the morning light they do it, because it is in their power.

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הוֹי ho woe to H1945 חֹשְׁבֵי־ cho·she·vei- [those who] plan H2803 אָוֶן 'a·ven (of) wickedness H205 וּפֹעֲלֵי u·fo·'a·lei and [those who] do H6466 רָע ra' (of) evil H7451 עַל־ 'al- on H5921 מִשְׁכְּבוֹתָם mish·ke·vo·tam beds their H4904 בְּאוֹר be·'or at [the] light H216 הַבֹּקֶר ha·bo·ker the morning H1242 יַעֲשׂוּהָ ya·'a·su·ha they do it H6213 כִּי ki for H3588 יֶשׁ־ yesh- there H3426 לְאֵל le·'el [belongs] to [the] power of H410 יָדָם ya·dam hand their H3027

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–5

Woe to the people that devise evil during the night, and rise early to carry it into execution! It is bad to do mischief on a sudden thought, much worse to do it with design and forethought. It is of great moment to improve and employ hours of retirement and solitude in a proper manner. If covetousness reigns in the heart, compassion is banished; and when the heart is thus engaged, violence and fraud commonly occupy the hands. The most haughty and secure in prosperity, are commonly most ready to despair in adversity. Woe to those from whom God turns away! Those are the sorest calamities which cut us off from the congregation of the Lord, or cut us short in the enjoyment of its privileges.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.