Micah 4 · Verse 3

Micah 4:3

And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Micah 4:3, King James Version

Micah 4:3 in other translations

BSBThen He will judge between many peoples and arbitrate for strong nations far and wide. Then they will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor will they train anymore for war.
WEBand he will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations afar off. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war any more.
ASVand he will judge between many peoples, and will decide concerning strong nations afar off: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
YLTAnd He hath judged between many peoples, And given a decision to mighty nations afar off, They have beaten their swords to ploughshares, And their spears to pruning-hooks, Nation lifteth not up sword unto nation, Nor do they learn war any more.
DARBYAnd he shall judge among many peoples, and reprove strong nations, even afar off; and they shall forge their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-knives: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
BBEAnd he will be judge between great peoples, and strong nations far away will be ruled by his decisions; their swords will be hammered into plough-blades and their spears into vine-knives: nations will no longer be lifting up their swords against one another, and knowledge of war will have gone for ever.
WebsterAnd he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plow-shares, and their spears into pruning-hooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

What does Micah 4:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Micah 4:1-3

Mi 4:1-13. Transition to the Glory, Peace, Kingdom, and Victory of Zion. 1-3. Almost identical with Is 2:2-4. the mountain of the house of the Lord--which just before (Mi 3:12) had been doomed to be a wild forest height. Under Messiah, its elevation is to be not that of situation, but of moral dignity, as the seat of God's universal empire. people shall flow into it--In Isaiah it is "all nations": a more universal…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Micah 4:1-8

The nations have not yet so submitted to the Prince of Peace, as to beat their swords into ploughshares, nor has war ceased. But very precious promises these are, relating to the gospel church, which will be more and more fulfilled, for He is faithful that has promised. There shall be a glorious church for God set up in the world, in the last days, in the days of the Messiah. Christ himself will build it upon a…

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Micah 4:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְשָׁפַ֗טve.sha.Fatand he will judgeH8199
בֵּ֚יןbeinbetweenH996
עַמִּ֣ים'a.MimpeoplesH5971
רַבִּ֔יםra.BimmanyH7227
וְהוֹכִ֛יחַve.ho.Khi.achand he will decideH3198
לְגוֹיִ֥םle.go.Yimfor nationsH1471
עֲצֻמִ֖ים'a.tzu.MimmightyH6099
עַד\־'ad-toH5704
רָח֑וֹקra.Chokfar awayH7350
וְכִתְּת֨וּve.khi.te.Tuand they will beatH3807
חַרְבֹתֵיהֶ֜םchar.vo.tei.Hemswords theirH2719
לְאִתִּ֗יםle.'i.Timinto plowsharesH855
וַחֲנִיתֹֽתֵיהֶם֙va.cha.ni.to.tei.Hemand spears theirH2595
לְמַזְמֵר֔וֹתle.maz.me.Rotinto pruning knivesH4211
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
יִשְׂא֞וּyis.'Uthey will lift upH5375
גּ֤וֹיGoynationH1471
אֶל\־'el-againstH413
גּוֹי֙goynationH1471
חֶ֔רֶבChe.reva swordH2719
וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
יִלְמְד֥וּןyil.me.Dunthey will learn !H3925
ע֖וֹדodagainH5750
מִלְחָמָֽה\׃mil.cha.MahwarfareH4421

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Micah 4:3

  • Isaiah 2:4

    And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

  • Joel 3:9-16

    Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Lord. Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about. …

  • Matthew 25:31-32

    When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

  • Hosea 2:18

    And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.

  • Acts 17:31

    Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

  • John 5:27-29

    And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

  • Psalms 96:13

    Before the Lord: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.

  • Isaiah 65:25

    The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.

  • Psalms 110:5-6

    The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath. He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.

  • Zechariah 14:12-19

    And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the Lord shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour. And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance. And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague. …

  • Psalms 98:9

    Before the Lord; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.

  • John 5:22-23

    For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he shall judge.
1Sa 2:10; Ps 82:8; 96:13; 98:9; Isa 11:3-5; 51:5; Mt 25:31,32
Joh 5:22,23,27-29; 16:8-11; Ac 17:31; Re 19:11
and rebuke.
5:15; 7:16,17; Ps 2:5-12; 68:30,31; 110:1,2,5,6; Isa 25:3; 60:12
Da 2:44; Joe 3:2,9-16; Zec 12:3-6; 14:3,12-19; Re 19:17-21; 20:8,9
they shall.
Ps 46:9; Isa 2:4; 11:6-9; Ho 2:18; Joe 3:10; Zec 9:10
pruninghooks. or, scythes. neither.
Ps 72:7; Isa 9:7; 60:17,18; 65:25

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Context

  • Micah 4:2

    And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

  • Micah 4:3

    And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

  • Micah 4:4

    But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.

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Micah 4:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y juzgará entre muchos pueblos, y corregirá fuertes gentes hasta muy lejos: y martillarán sus espadas para azadones, y sus lanzas para hoces: no alzará espada gente contra gente, ni más se ensayarán para la guerra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il jugera au milieu de beaucoup de peuples, et prononcera le droit à de fortes nations jusqu’au loin; et de leurs épées ils forgeront des socs, et de leurs lances, des serpes: une nation ne lèvera pas l’épée contre une autre nation, et on n’apprendra plus la guerre.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und er wird richten zwischen vielen Völkern und Recht sprechen mächtigen Nationen bis in die Ferne. Und sie werden ihre Schwerter zu Pflugmessern schmieden, und ihre Speere zu Winzermessern; nicht wird Nation wider Nation das Schwert erheben, und sie werden den Krieg nicht mehr lernen
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et judicabit inter populos multos, et corripiet gentes fortes usque in longinquum: et concident gladios suos in vomeres, et hastas suas in ligones: non sumet gens adversus gentem gladium, et non discent ultra belligerare.