Micheas 2:1
Woe to you that devise that which is unprofitable, and work evil in your beds: in the morning light they execute it, because their hand is against God.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Væ qui cogitatis inutile, et operamini malum in cubilibus vestris ! In luce matutina faciunt illud, quoniam contra Deum est manus eorum.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Ἐγένοντο λογιζόμενοι κόπους καὶ ἐργαζόμενοι κακὰ ἐν ταῖς κοίταις αὐτῶν, καὶ ἅμα τῇ ἡμέρᾳ συνετέλουν αὐτά, διότι οὐκ ἦραν πρὸς τὸν θεὸν τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν·
- Hebrew (WLC)
- ה֧וֹי חֹֽשְׁבֵי אָ֛וֶן וּפֹ֥עֲלֵי רָ֖ע עַל מִשְׁכְּבוֹתָ֑ם בְּא֤וֹר הַבֹּ֨קֶר֙ יַעֲשׂ֔וּהָ כִּ֥י יֶשׁ לְאֵ֖ל יָדָֽם
Haydock's commentary
Evil. Septuagint, "labours." Hebrew, "vanity, or an idol." (Haydock)
That is called unprofitable, which is very detrimental. (Worthington)
Morning, suddenly and with zeal. (Calmet)
Is. Hebrew, "has power," (Chaldean) "they have not raised their hands to God." (Septuagint; Arabic)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.