The Meaning of Micah 7:6 Explained

Micah 7:6

KJV: For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.

YLT: For a son is dishonouring a father, A daughter hath stood against her mother, A daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, The enemies of each are the men of his house.

Darby: For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law: a man's enemies are the men of his own household.

ASV: For the son dishonoreth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.

Discover Micah 7:6

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Micah 7:6?

MEANING: What does Micah 7:6 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Micah 7:6 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Micah 7:6?

What is the context of Micah 7:6?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies [are] the men of his own house.

What does Micah 7:6 Mean?

Context Summary

Micah 7:1-20 - God's Compassion For An Erring People

Things had come to an awful pass in the favored city. Oppression, bribery, and bloodshed, were everywhere in the ascendant. Men wrought evil with both hands. Husbands could not trust their wives. At such a time there is no refuge for God's children save in God, Micah 7:7-13.

When we have learned our lesson we find God appearing for our help. He brings forth to the light and vindicates us. Then those that hated us, and suggested that He had forsaken, will be compelled to admit that He has completely vindicated us from their reproach. Be of good cheer, believer; wait for God. He will bring out thy righteousness as the light and thy judgment as the noonday, Micah 7:10-12.

Next, the prophet pleads with Israel's Shepherd to repeat the marvels of the Exodus. He knows that God will not only pardon iniquities but subdue them, trampling them beneath His feet. This anticipates the Ascension, Ephesians 1:20-23. When a stone sinks into ocean depths, it cannot be recovered; and when sin is forgiven God never recalls it either here or hereafter. [source]

Chapter Summary: Micah 7

¹ The church, complaining of her small number,
³ and the general corruption,
⁵ puts her confidence not in man, but in God
⁸ She triumphs over her enemies
¹⁴ She prays to God
¹⁵ God comforts her by promises of confusion to her enemies;
¹⁸ and by his mercies

What do the individual words in Micah 7:6 mean?

For son dishonors father Daughter rises against her mother Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law enemies [are] of a man the men of his own household

כִּֽי־ בֵן֙ מְנַבֵּ֣ל אָ֔ב בַּ֚ת קָמָ֣ה בְאִמָּ֔הּ כַּלָּ֖ה בַּחֲמֹתָ֑הּ אֹיְבֵ֥י אִ֖ישׁ אַנְשֵׁ֥י בֵיתֽוֹ

בֵן֙	son
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: בֵּן Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
מְנַבֵּ֣ל	dishonors
Parse: Verb, Piel, Participle, masculine singular Root: נָבֵל Sense: to be senseless, be foolish.
אָ֔ב	father
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: אָב Sense: father of an individual.
בַּ֚ת	Daughter
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: בַּת Sense: daughter.
קָמָ֣ה	rises
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, feminine singular Root: קוּם Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up.
בְאִמָּ֔הּ	against her mother
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person feminine singular Root: אֵם Sense: mother.
כַּלָּ֖ה	Daughter-in-law
Parse: Noun, feminine singular Root: כַּלָּה Sense: bride, daughter-in-law.
בַּחֲמֹתָ֑הּ	against her mother-in-law
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine singular construct, third person feminine singular Root: חָמֹות Sense: mother-in-law, husband’s mother.
אֹיְבֵ֥י	enemies [are]
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct Root: אֹיֵב Sense: (Qal) enemy.
אִ֖ישׁ	of a man
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: אִישׁ Sense: man.
אַנְשֵׁ֥י	the men
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct Root: אֱנׄושׁ Sense: man, mortal man, person, mankind.
בֵיתֽוֹ	of his own household
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular Root: בַּיִת Sense: house.

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