Parallel Verses
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].
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.
American Standard Version
Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all: at Beth-le-aphrah have I rolled myself in the dust.
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 Samaria’s wound is incurable,
For it has come to Judah;
The enemy has reached the gate of my people,
Even to Jerusalem.
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].
Go on your way [into exile—stripped of beauty, disarmed], inhabitants of Shaphir (Beautiful), in shameful nakedness.
The inhabitant of Zaanan (Go Out) does not go out [of the house];
The wailing of Beth-ezel (House of Removal) will take away from you its support.
Cross References
2 Samuel 1:20
“Tell it not in Gath,
Proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon,
Or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice,
The daughters of the uncircumcised (pagans) will exult.
Jeremiah 6:26
O daughter of my people [says Jeremiah],
Clothe yourself in sackcloth and wallow in ashes;
Mourn [aloud] as for an only son,
A most bitter cry [of sorrow and regret],
For suddenly the destroyer will come upon us [on both prophet and people].
Joshua 18:23
and Avvim and Parah and Ophrah,
Job 2:8
And Job took a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself, and he sat [down] among the ashes (rubbish heaps).
Lamentations 3:29
Let him put his mouth in the dust [in recognition of his unworthiness];
There may yet be hope.
Amos 5:13
Therefore, he who is prudent and has insight will keep silent at such a [corrupt and evil] time, for it is an evil time [when people will not listen to truth and will disregard those of good character].
Amos 6:10
Then one’s uncle, or his undertaker, shall come to bring the [disease-infected] body out of the house, [to cremate it], and he will say to another in the farthest part of the house, “Is there anyone else with you?” And that one will say, “No one.” Then he will respond, “Hush! Keep quiet! For the name of the Lord is not to be mentioned [even casually, for fear that we might invoke even more punishment].”