Do not tell it in Gath, don’t announce it in the marketplaces of Ashkelon, or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice, and the daughters of the uncircumcised will celebrate.
Micah 1:10 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Don’t announce it in Gath, don’t weep at all. Roll in the dust in Beth-leaphrah. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition In Gath [a city in Philistia] announce it not; in Acco weep not at all, [betraying your grief to foreigners; but among your own people] in Beth-le-aphrah [house of dust] roll yourself in the dust. American Standard Version (1901) Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all: at Beth-le-aphrah have I rolled myself in the dust. Common English Bible In Gath tell it not; no need to weep there! In Beth-le-aphrah, roll yourself in the dust! Catholic Public Domain Version Do not be willing to announce it in Gath; may you not lament with tears. In the house of Dust, besprinkle yourselves with dust. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Declare ye it not in Geth, weep ya not with tears: in the house of Dust sprinkle yourselves with dust. |
Do not tell it in Gath, don’t announce it in the marketplaces of Ashkelon, or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice, and the daughters of the uncircumcised will celebrate.
Then Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself while he sat among the ashes.
My dear people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in the dust. Mourn as you would for an only son, a bitter lament, for suddenly the destroyer will come on us.
Therefore, those who have insight will keep silent , at such a time, for the days are evil.
A close relative and burner , will remove his corpse from the house. He will call to someone in the inner recesses of the house, ‘Any more with you? ’ That person will reply, ‘None.’ Then he will say, ‘Silence, because the Lord’s name must not be invoked.’