God’s Word Translation
Micah 4:5
5All the nations live by the names of their gods, but we will live by the name of the Lord our God forever.
Micah 4:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.
- New International Version (NIV)All the nations may walk in the name of their gods, but we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For all the peoples walk each in the name of its god, but we will walk in the name of the Lord our God forever and ever.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For all people walk each in the name of his god, But we will walk in the name of the Lord our God Forever and ever.
Context of Micah 4:5
3Then he will judge disputes between many people and settle arguments between many nations far and wide. They will hammer their swords into plowblades and their spears into pruning shears. Nations will never fight against each other, and they will never train for war again. 4They will sit under their grapevines and their fig trees, and no one will make them afraid. The Lord of Armies has spoken. All the nations live by the names of their gods, but we will live by the name of the Lord our God forever. 6“When that day comes,” declares the Lord, “I will gather those who are lame. I will bring together those who are scattered and those whom I have injured. 7I will change those who are lame into a faithful people. I will change those who are forced away into a strong nation.” The Lord will rule them on Mount Zion now and forever.
Read all of Micah 4Micah 4:5 word by word
כִּ֚י כָּל־הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים יֵלְכ֕וּ אִ֖ישׁ בְּשֵׁ֣ם אֱלֹהָ֑יו וַאֲנַ֗חְנוּ נֵלֵ֛ךְ בְּשֵׁם־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ לְעוֹלָ֥ם וָעֶֽד׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Micah 4:5
- 2 Kings 17:29But each group ⌞that settled in Samaria⌟ continued to make its own gods. They put them at the illegal places of worship, which the people of Samaria had made. Each group did this in the cities where they lived:
- Jeremiah 2:10Go over to the coasts of Cyprus, and see. Send ⌞someone⌟ to Kedar, and observe closely. See if there has ever been anything like this.
- Genesis 17:1When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to him. He said to Abram, “I am God Almighty. Live in my presence with integrity.
- Psalms 71:16I will come with the mighty deeds of the Almighty Lord. I will praise your righteousness, yours alone.
- Isaiah 2:5Come, descendants of Jacob, let’s live in the light of the Lord.
- Zechariah 10:12“I will strengthen them in the Lord. They will live in his name,” declares the Lord.
- Colossians 2:6You received Christ Jesus the Lord, so continue to live as Christ’s people.
- Colossians 3:17Everything you say or do should be done in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
- Exodus 3:14God answered Moses, “I Am Who I Am. This is what you must say to the people of Israel: ‘I Am has sent me to you.’ ”
- Psalms 48:14“This God is our God forever and ever. He will lead us beyond death.”
- Psalms 145:1I will highly praise you, my God, the king. I will bless your name forever and ever.
Commentaries on Micah 4:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Every one in the name of his god - This shall be the state of the Gentile world; but after the captivity, the Jews walked in the name of Jehovah alone; and acknowledge no other object of religious worship to the present day.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5For all people well walk, every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the Lord our God - Hitherto unsteadfastness had been the very characteristic sin of Israel. It was, “constant only in its inconstancy,” ever “falling away like their forefathers, starting aside like a broken bow” Psalm 78:57. The pagan persevered in their worship, because it was evil or had evil in it, not checking but feeding their passions. Israel did not…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-5Micah's prophecy shifts from deep despair to a burst of hope as he describes the future rise of Mount Zion in Jerusalem. God's plan to bless all nations (Genesis 12:3) through Abraham's descendants will come true when people from all nations gather at the Lord's house to worship. There: they will learn to follow God's laws and teachings; these laws and teachings will spread among the nations as they leave God's house; peace and well-being will grow as…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. For--rather, Though it be that all people walk after their several gods, yet we (the Jews in the dispersion) will walk in the name of the Lord. So the Hebrew particle means in the Margin, Ge 8:21; Ex 13:17; Jos 17:18. The resolution of the exile Jews is: As Jehovah gives us hope of so glorious a restoration, notwithstanding the overthrow of our temple and nation, we must in confident reliance on His promise persevere in the true worship of Him, however…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Micah 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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