Micah 5:9

Micah 5:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.
• New International Version (NIV)Your hand will be lifted up in triumph over your enemies, and all your foes will be destroyed.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Your hand shall be lifted up over your adversaries, and all your enemies shall be cut off.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The people of Israel will stand up to their foes, and all their enemies will be wiped out.

Context of Micah 5:9

7Then the remnant of Jacob Shall be in the midst of many peoples, Like dew from the Lord, Like showers on the grass, That tarry for no man Nor wait for the sons of men. 8And the remnant of Jacob Shall be among the Gentiles, In the midst of many peoples, Like a lion among the beasts of the forest, Like a young lion among flocks of sheep, Who, if he passes through, Both treads down and tears in pieces, And none can deliver. Your hand shall be lifted against your adversaries, And all your enemies shall be cut off. 10“And it shall be in that day,” says the Lord, “That I will cut off your horses from your midst And destroy your chariots. 11I will cut off the cities of your land And throw down all your strongholds.

Micah 5:9 word by word

תָּרֹ֥ם יָדְךָ֖ עַל־צָרֶ֑יךָ וְכָל־אֹיְבֶ֖יךָ יִכָּרֵֽתוּ׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thine handיָדyâd · handH3027
• shall be lifted upרוּםrûm · to exaltH7311
• upon thine adversariesצַרtsar tsâr · enemyH6862
• and all thine enemiesאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• shall be cut offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: cutH3772

Cross-references for Micah 5:9

• Psalms 21:8Your hand will find all Your enemies; Your right hand will find those who hate You.
• Psalms 106:26Therefore He raised His hand in an oath against them, To overthrow them in the wilderness,
• Isaiah 1:25I will turn My hand against you, And thoroughly purge away your dross, And take away all your alloy.
• Isaiah 11:14But they shall fly down upon the shoulder of the Philistines toward the west; Together they shall plunder the people of the East; They shall lay their hand on Edom and Moab; And the people of Ammon shall obey them.
• Isaiah 14:2Then people will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them for servants and maids in the land of the Lord; they will take them captive whose captives they were, and rule over their oppressors.
• Isaiah 26:11Lord, when Your hand is lifted up, they will not see. But they will see and be ashamed For their envy of people; Yes, the fire of Your enemies shall devour them.
• Isaiah 33:10“Now I will rise,” says the Lord; “Now I will be exalted, Now I will lift Myself up.
• Isaiah 37:36Then the angel of the Lord went out, and killed in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses—all dead.
• Luke 19:27But bring here those enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, and slay them before me.’ ”
• 1 Corinthians 15:25For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet.
• Revelation 19:13He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.
• Revelation 20:8and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea.

Commentaries on Micah 5:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9All thine enemies shall be cut off - The Assyrians, who had destroyed Israel; and the Babylonians, who had ruined Judah.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Their hand shall be lifted up upon their adversaries - The might of the Church is the Might of Christ in her, and the glory of the Church is His from whom it comes and to whom it returns. It is all one, whether this be said to Christ or to the “remnant of Jacob, that is, His Church. Her “enemies” are His, and her‘s only because they are His, and hate her as belonging to Him. They “shall be cut off,” either ceasing to be His enemies, or ceasing to be, as…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-15Verses 7-15 The remnant of Israel, converted to Christ in the primitive times, were among many nations as the drops of dew, and were made instruments in calling a large increase of spiritual worshippers. But to those who neglected or opposed this salvation, they would, as lions, cause terror, their doctrine condemning them. The Lord also declares that he would cause not only the reformation of the Jews, but the purification of the Christian church. In…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-9God's people will have a special role among the world's nations (Genesis 12:3; Exodus 19:4–6). They will lead and not follow (Deuteronomy 28:13), and be as strong as a lion (compare Esther 6:13) as God grants them power over the nations. The Lord will judge their enemies (see Micah 5:15) if they keep rebelling against him. However, the Lord's ultimate wish is to bless the nations, not to curse or destroy them (Genesis 12:3; Jonah 4:11; John 3:16).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. Thine hand shall be lifted up--In Is 26:11 it is Jehovah's hand that is lifted up; here Israel's as Mi 5:8 implies, just as "Zion" is addressed and directed to "beat in pieces many people" (Mi 4:13; compare Is 54:15, 17). For Israel's foes are Jehovah's foes. When her hand is said to be lifted up, it is Jehovah's hand that strikes the foe by her (compare Ex 13:9, with Ex 14:8).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Micah 5

• 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
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings