KJV King James Version
But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, [though] thou be little among the thousands of Judah, [yet] out of thee shall he come forth unto me [that is] to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth [have been] from of old, from everlasting.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Micah 5:2
But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, [though] thou be little among the thousands of Judah, [yet] out of thee shall he come forth unto me [that is] to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth [have been] from of old, from everlasting.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel—One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.
WEB World English Bible
But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, being small among the clans of Judah, out of you one will come forth to me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.
ASV American Standard Version
But thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And thou, Beth-Lehem Ephratah, Little to be among the chiefs of Judah! From thee to Me he cometh forth—to be ruler in Israel, And his comings forth are of old, From the days of antiquity.
Surrounding context — Micah 5
1 Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, [though] thou be little among the thousands of Judah, [yet] out of thee shall he come forth unto me [that is] to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth [have been] from of old, from everlasting.
3 Therefore will he give them up, until the time [that] she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.
4 And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
5 And this [man] shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.
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וְאַתָּ֞הH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)בֵּֽית־H1035 · bet le.chemBethlehemלֶ֣חֶםH1035 · bet le.chemBethlehemאֶפְרָ֗תָהH672 · eph.ra.tahEphrathahצָעִיר֙H6810 · tsa.irlittleלִֽהְיוֹת֙H1961 · ha.yahto beבְּאַלְפֵ֣יH505 · e.lephthousandיְהוּדָ֔הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahמִמְּךָ֙H4480 · minfromלִ֣יH9030 · nimeיֵצֵ֔אH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeלִֽהְי֥וֹתH1961 · ha.yahto beמוֹשֵׁ֖לH4910 · ma.shalto ruleבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelוּמוֹצָאֹתָ֥יוH4163 · mo.tsa.ahgoing forthמִקֶּ֖דֶםH6924 · qe.demEastמִימֵ֥יH3117 · yomdayעוֹלָֽם׃H5769 · o.lamforever: enduring
Cross-references
Matthew 2:6And thou Bethlehem, [in] the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.John 7:42Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?Isaiah 9:6-7For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.Luke 1:31-33And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.Psalm 90:2Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou [art] God.Genesis 49:10The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him [shall] the gathering of the people [be].Isaiah 11:1And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:Colossians 1:17And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.Zechariah 9:9Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he [is] just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.Ezekiel 17:22-24Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set [it]; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant [it] upon an high mountain and eminent:1 Samuel 17:12Now David [was] the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name [was] Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men [for] an old man in the days of Saul.John 1:1-3In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.Revelation 19:16And he hath on [his] vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.Proverbs 8:22-23The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.1 Chronicles 5:2For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him [came] the chief ruler; but the birthright [was] Joseph’s:)Hebrews 13:8Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.Ezekiel 37:22-25And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:Jeremiah 30:21And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who [is] this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD.
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