DB1 | God promises a ruler from Bethlehem. Mic.5.2-4 | KNSB Contents | notes| 5 | katapi NEW STUDY BIBLE | Passage | Biblia Hebraica |
| 2 | But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose origin is from of old, from ancient days. | God promises a ruler from Bethlehem. Mic.5.2-4 | וְאַתָּה בֵּית־לֶחֶם אֶפְרָתָה צָעִיר לִהְיֹות בְּאַלְפֵי יְהוּדָה מִמְּךָ לִי יֵצֵא לִהְיֹות מֹושֵׁל בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וּמֹוצָאֹתָיו מִקֶּדֶם מִימֵי עֹולָם׃ |
| 3 | Therefore he shall give them up until the time when she who is in travail has brought forth; then the rest of his brethren shall return to the people of Israel. | לָכֵן יִתְּנֵם עַד־עֵת יֹולֵדָה יָלָדָה וְיֶתֶר אֶחָיו יְשׁוּבוּן עַל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ | |
| 4 | And he shall stand and feed his flock in the strength of Yahweh, in the majesty of the name of Yahweh his God. And they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth. | וְעָמַד וְרָעָה בְּעֹז יְהוָה בִּגְאֹון שֵׁם יְהוָה אֱלֹהָיו וְיָשָׁבוּ כִּי־עַתָּה יִגְדַּל עַד־אַפְסֵי־אָרֶץ׃ | |