Micah 5:6

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man nor depend on the sons of men.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod at its entrances; thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he comes into our land and when he treads within our borders.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And they shall waste{H7462} the land{H776} of Assyria{H804} with the sword,{H2719} and the land{H776} of Nimrod{H5248} in the entrances{H6607} thereof: and he shall deliver{H5337} us from the Assyrian,{H804} when he cometh{H935} into our land,{H776} and when he treadeth{H1869} within our border.{H1366}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And they shall waste{H7462}{(H8804)} the land{H776} of Assyria{H804} with the sword{H2719}, and the land{H776} of Nimrod{H5248} in the entrances{H6607} thereof: thus shall he deliver{H5337}{(H8689)} us from the Assyrian{H804}, when he cometh{H935}{(H8799)} into our land{H776}, and when he treadeth{H1869}{(H8799)} within our borders{H1366}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    these shal subdue the londe of Assur wt the swerde, and the londe of Nymrod with their naked weapens. Thus shal he delyuer vs from the Assiria, when he commeth within oure lande, and setteth his fote within oure borders.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And they shall destroy Asshur with the sword, & the land of Nimrod with their swordes: thus shall he deliuer vs from Asshur, when hee commeth into our lande, and when he shall tread within our borders.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    These shall subdue the lande of Assur with the sworde, and the lande of Nimrod with their naked weapons: Thus shall he deliuer vs from the Assirian when he commeth within our lande, and setteth his foote within our borders.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver [us] from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    They will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, And the land of Nimrod in its gates. He will deliver us from the Assyrian, When he invades our land, And when he marches within our border.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And they have afflicted the land of Asshur with the sword, And the land of Nimrod at its openings, And he hath delivered from Asshur when he doth come into our land, And when he treadeth in our borders.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our border.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our border.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And the rest of Jacob will be among the mass of peoples like dew from the Lord, like showers on the grass, which may not be kept back by man, or be waiting for the sons of men.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    They will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in its gates. He will deliver us from the Assyrian, when he invades our land, and when he marches within our border.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    They will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, the land of Nimrod with a drawn sword. Our king will rescue us from the Assyrians should they attempt to invade our land and try to set foot in our territory.

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 10:8-9 : 8 Cush fathered Nimrod, who began to be a mighty man on the earth. 9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD. Therefore, it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD." 10 The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. 11 From that land, Asshur went out and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
  • Isa 14:25 : 25 I will break Assyria in My land and trample him on My mountains. Then his yoke will be taken off their shoulders, and his burden removed from their necks.
  • Isa 33:1 : 1 Woe to you, destroyer, who has not been destroyed! Woe to you, betrayer, who has not been betrayed! When you finish destroying, you will be destroyed. When you stop betraying, you will be betrayed.
  • Nah 2:11-3:3 : 11 Devastation, desolation, and destruction! Hearts melt, knees tremble, loins shake, and all faces turn pale. 12 Where is the lion’s den, the lair of the young lions, where the lion went, the lioness went, and the lion’s cubs, with no one to disturb them? 13 The lion tears apart prey to feed its cubs and strangles it for its lionesses. He fills his dens with prey and his lairs with torn flesh. 14 Behold, I am against you, declares the LORD of Hosts. I will set your chariots on fire, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard. 1 Woe to the city of blood, full of lies, packed with plunder, never without prey. 2 The sound of whips, the clatter of wheels, galloping horses, and jolting chariots. 3 Charging horsemen, flashing swords, glittering spears—a vast number of slain, a heap of corpses with no end. People stumble over the dead bodies.
  • Zeph 2:13 : 13 He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria, leaving Nineveh utterly desolate, as dry as the desert.
  • Luke 1:71 : 71 salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us.
  • Luke 1:74 : 74 that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies, would serve Him without fear,
  • 2 Kgs 15:29 : 29 In the days of Pekah, king of Israel, Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria, came and captured Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, Galilee, and all the land of Naphtali. He took the people into exile to Assyria.
  • 2 Kgs 17:3-5 : 3 Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, came up against him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute. 4 But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea was conspiring against him, for Hoshea had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as he had done year by year. Therefore, the king of Assyria detained him and bound him in prison. 5 Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, went up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years.
  • 2 Kgs 18:9-9 : 9 In the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it. 10 At the end of three years, they captured it. So in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. 11 The king of Assyria carried Israel into exile to Assyria, and he settled them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. 12 This happened because they did not obey the voice of the LORD their God but violated His covenant—all that Moses, the servant of the LORD, had commanded. They neither listened nor carried it out. 13 In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah's reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. 14 King Hezekiah of Judah sent this message to the king of Assyria at Lachish: "I have done wrong. Withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand." So the king of Assyria imposed on Hezekiah king of Judah a tribute of three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. 15 So Hezekiah gave all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king's house.
  • 2 Kgs 19:32-35 : 32 Therefore, this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria: 'He will not enter this city, shoot an arrow here, come before it with a shield, or build a siege ramp against it.' 33 By the way that he came, he will return; he will not enter this city, declares the Lord. 34 I will defend this city and save it for My sake and for the sake of My servant David. 35 That night, the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 men in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning, there were dead bodies everywhere.
  • 2 Chr 33:11 : 11 So the LORD brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria. They captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
  • Isa 10:5-9 : 5 Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger, in whose hands is the staff of My indignation! 6 I send him against a godless nation; I dispatch him against a people at My wrath, to seize plunder, to take spoil, and to trample them down like mud in the streets. 7 But this is not what he intends, nor does he plan it in his heart. Instead, his purpose is to destroy and to cut off many nations. 8 For he says, 'Are not all my princes kings? 9 Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? And is not Samaria like Damascus? 10 Just as my hand seized the kingdoms of idols, whose carved images exceeded those of Jerusalem and Samaria, 11 shall I not do to Jerusalem and her idols as I have done to Samaria and her images? 12 When the Lord has finished all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will punish the pride of the king of Assyria's heart and the glory of his haughty eyes.
  • Isa 14:2 : 2 Nations will take them and bring them to their own place. Then the house of Israel will possess them in the LORD's land as male and female servants. They will take captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.

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    4 And he will be their peace. When Assyria invades our land and marches through our fortresses, we will raise up against them seven shepherds and eight leaders of men.

    5 They will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, the land of Nimrod with drawn blades. He will deliver us from Assyria when they invade our land and march across our borders.

  • Isa 31:8
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    8 Then Assyria will fall by a sword not wielded by man, and a sword not wielded by humans will devour them. They will flee from the sword, and their young men will be put into forced labor.

  • Zeph 2:13
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    13 He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria, leaving Nineveh utterly desolate, as dry as the desert.

  • Isa 14:25-26
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    25 I will break Assyria in My land and trample him on My mountains. Then his yoke will be taken off their shoulders, and his burden removed from their necks.

    26 This is the plan determined for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.

  • Isa 10:4-6
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    4 There will be nothing left but to bow down among prisoners or fall among the slain. Yet for all this, His anger has not turned away, and His hand is still stretched out.

    5 Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger, in whose hands is the staff of My indignation!

    6 I send him against a godless nation; I dispatch him against a people at My wrath, to seize plunder, to take spoil, and to trample them down like mud in the streets.

  • Isa 20:6
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    6 On that day, the inhabitants of this coastland will say, 'See what has happened to those we relied on for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?'

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    18 Truly, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands.

  • Isa 7:17-18
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    17 The Lord will bring upon you, your people, and your father's house a time unlike any since Ephraim separated from Judah—he will bring the king of Assyria.

    18 On that day the Lord will whistle for the flies at the farthest streams of Egypt and for the bees in the land of Assyria.

  • Isa 37:33-34
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    33 Therefore, this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow here. He will not come before it with a shield or build a siege ramp against it.

    34 By the way he came, he will return; he will not enter this city, declares the LORD.

  • Hos 11:5-6
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    5 They will not return to the land of Egypt, but Assyria will rule over them because they refused to return to Me.

    6 A sword will whirl through their cities; it will destroy their gates and consume them because of their plans.

  • Isa 37:11
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    11 You have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands by utterly destroying them. Will you be delivered?

  • 2 Kgs 19:32-33
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    32 Therefore, this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria: 'He will not enter this city, shoot an arrow here, come before it with a shield, or build a siege ramp against it.'

    33 By the way that he came, he will return; he will not enter this city, declares the Lord.

  • Isa 11:16
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    16 There will be a highway for the remnant of His people who remain from Assyria, as there was for Israel when they came up from the land of Egypt.

  • 2 Kgs 19:11
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    11 You have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, destroying them completely. Will you then be delivered?

  • 2 Kgs 19:7
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    7 Behold, I will send a spirit upon him; he will hear a report, return to his own land, and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

  • Isa 30:31
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    31 At the voice of the LORD, Assyria will be shattered; he will strike them down with his rod.

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    7 therefore the Lord is about to bring against them the mighty and abundant waters of the River—the king of Assyria and all his splendor. It will overflow all its channels and spill over all its banks.

    8 It will sweep into Judah, flooding and passing through; it will reach up to the neck. Its outspread wings will cover the entire breadth of your land, O Immanuel.

  • 2 Kgs 19:17
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    17 Truly, Lord, the kings of Assyria have devastated the nations and their lands.

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    12 On that day, people will come to you from Assyria and the fortified cities, from Egypt to the River, from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.

  • Zech 10:11
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    11 They will cross the sea of distress, striking the waves, and the depths of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will pass away.

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    7 The remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples and tears as it goes, and no one can rescue.

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    7 Listen! I am going to put a spirit in him so that when he hears a certain report, he will return to his own land, and there I will cause him to fall by the sword.

  • Nah 3:18
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    18 Your shepherds are asleep, O king of Assyria; your nobles lie down in slumber. Your people are scattered on the mountains, and there is no one to gather them.

  • Isa 5:26
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    26 He lifts a banner for the nations far away and whistles for them from the ends of the earth. Look! They come swiftly and speedily.

  • Jer 6:22
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    22 This is what the Lord says: 'Look, a people is coming from the land of the north; a great nation is being stirred up from the farthest parts of the earth.

  • Isa 10:24-26
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    24 Therefore, this is what the Lord, the LORD of Hosts, says: 'My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear Assyria, though they strike you with a rod and lift up their staff against you as Egypt did.'

    25 For in just a little while, my indignation against you will end, and my anger will be directed to their destruction.

    26 The LORD of Hosts will stir up a scourge against them as He did at the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and He will raise His staff over the sea as He did in Egypt.

  • Isa 36:17-18
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    17 until I come and take you to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.

    18 Do not let Hezekiah mislead you by saying, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’ Have the gods of any nations ever delivered their lands from the hand of the king of Assyria?

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    6 I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city.

  • 2 Kgs 18:32-33
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    32 until I come and take you to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey, so that you may live and not die. Do not listen to Hezekiah, for he is misleading you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’

    33 Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

  • 2 Chr 32:21
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    21 And the LORD sent an angel, who annihilated all the fighting men and leaders and officials in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew in disgrace to his own land. When he went into the temple of his god, some of his own sons killed him there with the sword.

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    6 I will give peace in the land, and you will lie down with no one to make you afraid. I will remove harmful beasts from the land, and no sword will go through your land.

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    12 When the Lord has finished all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will punish the pride of the king of Assyria's heart and the glory of his haughty eyes.

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    7 A lion has come out of his thicket, a destroyer of nations has set out; he has left his place to turn your land into a waste. Your cities will be ruined, without inhabitants.

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    6 We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.

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    16 He caused many to stumble; they fell one upon another. They said, 'Get up! Let us return to our own people and our homeland, away from the oppressing sword.'

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    23 In that day, there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt, and the Egyptians to Assyria, and the Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together.

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    10 Now, have I attacked this land to destroy it without the LORD’s approval? The LORD Himself told me, 'Go up against this land and destroy it.'