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Key: khaki:verbs, blue:Elohim, green:YHWH.
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BrLXXΚαὶ εἶπε Μιχαίας, ζῇ Κύριος, ὅτι ὃ ἐὰν εἴπῃ ὁ Θεὸς πρὸς μὲ, αὐτὸ λαλήσω. (Kai eipe Miⱪaias, zaʸ Kurios, hoti ho ean eipaʸ ho Theos pros me, auto lalaʸsō. )
BrTrAnd Michaias said, As the Lord lives, whatever God shall say to me, that will I speak.
ULTAnd Micaiah said, “As Yahweh lives, surely that which my God says, it I will speak.”
USTBut Micaiah said, “As surely as Yahweh lives, I will tell him only what he tells me to say.”
BSBBut Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever my God tells me.” §
MSBBut Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever my God tells me.” §
RVAnd Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what my God saith, that will I speak. (And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth/lives, what my God saith/says, that will I speak. )
SLTAnd Micaiah will say, Jehovah lives, for what God shall say I shall speak it.
WbstrAnd Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith, that will I speak.
KJB-1769And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith, that will I speak. (And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth/lives, even what my God saith/says, that will I speak. )
KJB-1611And Micaiah said, As the LORD liueth, euen what my God saith, that will I speake. (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)
GnvaAnd Michaiah saide, As the Lord liueth, whatsoeuer my God saith, that will I speake. (And Michaiah said, As the Lord liveth/lives, whatsoever my God saith/says, that will I speak. )
ClVgCui respondit Michæas: Vivit Dominus, quia quodcumque dixerit mihi Deus meus, hoc loquar. (To_whom answered Michæas: Vivit Master, because whatever dixerit to_me God mine, this I_will_speak. )
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Mīkāyəhū he/it_lived YHWH that/for/because/then/when DOM which/who says God_of,my DOM=him/it speak )
“as surely as Yahweh is alive.” The people use this expression to show that what they say next is certainly true. This is a way of making a solemn promise. Alternate translation: “I solemnly swear”
If you ask someone today what biblical prophets did, they will likely tell you that they divinely foretold of future events. While this was often the case, most prophets in the Bible focused as much on “forthtelling” God’s messages as they did on “foretelling” the future. That is, their primary role was to simply “forthtell” divinely acquired messages to leaders and groups of people, and at times that included foretelling of coming judgment, blessing, rescue, etc. Also, though plenty of prophets (sometimes called “seers” in Scripture) often spoke in confrontational or eccentric language that put them at odds with kings and religious leaders, the biblical writers also applied the term prophet to people who communicated God’s messages in ways that many readers today might not think of as prophecy, such as worship leaders appointed by David to “prophesy with lyres, harps, and cymbals” (1 Chronicles 25:1). Similarly, the books of Joshua, Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel, and 1 & 2 Kings are typically categorized as history by Christians, but in the Hebrew canon they belong to the category of Former Prophets. The Lord raised up prophets throughout all of biblical history, from the giving of the law under Moses to the revelation of the last days by the apostle John, and the kings of Israel and Judah often recognized and supported specific people as official prophets of the royal court and consulted them to find out God’s perspective about official matters. Following is a list of nearly everyone designated as prophet or seer in the Old Testament and the primary area of their ministry.
