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BrLXX Ἀνάστηθι, καὶ ἀλόα αὐτοὺς θυγάτηρ Σιὼν, ὅτι τὰ κέρατά σου θήσομαι σιδηρᾶ, καὶ τὰς ὁπλάς σου θήσομαι χαλκᾶς· καὶ κατατήξεις λαοὺς πολλοὺς, καὶ ἀναθήσεις τῷ Κυρίῳ τὸ πλῆθος αὐτῶν, καὶ τὴν ἰσχὺν αὐτῶν τῷ Κυρίῳ πάσης τῆς γῆς.
(Anastaʸthi, kai aloa autous thugataʸr Siōn, hoti ta kerata sou thaʸsomai sidaʸra, kai tas hoplas sou thaʸsomai ⱪalkas; kai katataʸxeis laʼous pollous, kai anathaʸseis tōi Kuriōi to plaʸthos autōn, kai taʸn isⱪun autōn tōi Kuriōi pasaʸs taʸs gaʸs. )

BrTr Arise, and thresh them, O daughter of Sion: for I will make thine horns iron, and I will make thine hoofs brass: and thou shalt utterly destroy many nations, and shalt consecrate their abundance to the Lord, and their strength to the Lord of all the earth.

ULT Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion,
⇔ for I will make your horn to be iron,
⇔ and I will make your hooves to be bronze.
⇔ And you will break into pieces many peoples and you will devote to Yahweh their unjust earnings,
⇔ their wealth to the Lord of the whole earth.”

UST Yahweh says, “So, you people of Jerusalem, rise up and punish the nations who oppose you.
⇔ I will cause you to be very strong,
⇔ as if you had horns made of iron,
⇔ as if you had hooves made of bronze;
⇔ and you will crush many nations.
⇔ Then you will take from your enemies the valuable things that they have taken from other countries,
⇔ and I will cause you to dedicate those things to me, the one who is the Lord of all the people on the earth.”

BSB Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion,
⇔ for I will give you horns of iron
⇔ and hooves of bronze
⇔ to break to pieces many peoples.
⇔ Then you will devote [fn] their gain to the LORD,
⇔ their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

OEB ⇔ ‘Arise, thresh, daughter of Zion.
⇔ I will make your horns iron,
⇔ and your hoofs brass,
⇔ so you might beat in pieces many peoples,
⇔ and devote to the Lord their spoil,
⇔ and their wealth to the ruler of all the earth.

WEBBE Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion,
⇔ for I will make your horn iron,
⇔ and I will make your hoofs bronze.
⇔ You will beat in pieces many peoples.
⇔ I will devote their gain to the LORD,
⇔ and their substance to the Lord of the whole earth.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET “Get up and thresh, Daughter Zion!
⇔ For I will give you iron horns;
⇔ I will give you bronze hooves,
⇔ and you will crush many nations.”
⇔ You will devote to the Lord the spoils you take from them,
⇔ and dedicate their wealth to the sovereign Ruler of the whole earth.

LSV Arise, and thresh, O daughter of Zion,
For I make your horn iron,
And I make your hooves bronze,
And you have beaten small many peoples,
And I have devoted to YHWH their gain,
And their wealth to the Lord of the whole earth!

FBV People of Zion, get up and start threshing, for I will make for you iron horns and bronze hooves[fn] so you can break many nations into pieces. You will present their stolen plunder to the Lord, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

4:13 As if Jerusalem was like a bull, the Lord will give them the extra strength like metallic horns and hooves to defeat their enemies.

T4T ⇔ So, you people of Jerusalem, rise up and punish [MET] the nations who oppose you.
⇔ I will cause you to be very strong,
⇔ as if [MET] you had horns made of iron,
⇔ as if [MET] you had hoofs made of bronze;
⇔ and you will crush many nations.
⇔ And then you will take from your enemies the valuable things that they have taken from other countries,
⇔ and you will dedicate those things to me, the one who is the Lord of all the people on the earth.”

LEB • for your horn I will make as iron • and your hooves as bronze. • And you will break many peoples in pieces, • and their gain you will devote to destruction to Yahweh, • and their wealth to the Lord of the whole earth.”

BBE Up! and let the grain be crushed, O daughter of Zion, for I will make your horn iron and your feet brass, and a number of peoples will be broken by you, and you will give up their increase to the Lord and their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

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JPS Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion; for I will make thy horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass; and thou shalt beat in pieces many peoples; and thou shalt devote their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.

ASV Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion; for I will make thy horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass; and thou shalt beat in pieces many peoples: and I will devote their gain unto Jehovah, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.

DRA Arise, and tread, O daughter of Sion: for I will make thy horn iron, and thy hoofs I will make brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many peoples, and shalt immolate the spoils of them to the Lord, and their strength to the Lord of the whole earth.

YLT Arise, and thresh, O daughter of Zion, For thy horn I make iron, And thy hoofs I make brass, And thou hast beaten small many peoples, And I have devoted to Jehovah their gain, And their wealth to the Lord of the whole earth!

Drby Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion, for I will make thy horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass; and thou shalt beat in pieces many peoples; and I will devote their gain to Jehovah, and their substance to the Lord of the whole earth.

RV Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many peoples: and thou shalt devote their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.

Wbstr Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thy horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain to JEHOVAH, and their substance to the Lord of the whole earth.

KJB-1769 Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.
(Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine/your horn iron, and I will make thy/your hoofs brass: and thou/you shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth. )

KJB-1611 Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horne yron, & I will make thy hooues brasse, and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gaine vnto the LORD, and their substance vnto the LORD of the whole earth.
(Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine/your horn iron, and I will make thy/your hooues brass, and thou/you shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gaine unto the LORD, and their substance unto the LORD of the whole earth.)

Bshps Therefore get thee vp, O thou daughter Sion, and thresshe out the corne: for I wyll make thy horne iron, and thy hooues brasse, that thou mayst breake in peeces many people: their goodes shalt thou consecrate vnto the Lorde, and their substaunce vnto the ruler of the whole worlde.
(Therefore get thee/you up, O thou/you daughter Sion, and thresshe out the corne: for I will make thy/your horn iron, and thy/your hooues brass, that thou/you mayest/may break in pieces many people: their goodes shalt thou/you consecrate unto the Lord, and their substance unto the ruler of the whole world.)

Gnva Arise, and thresh, O daughter Zion: for I will make thine horne yron, and I will make thine hooues brasse, and thou shalt breake in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their riches vnto the Lord, and their substance vnto the ruler of the whole worlde.
(Arise, and thresh, O daughter Zion: for I will make thine/your horn iron, and I will make thine/your hooues brass, and thou/you shalt break in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their riches unto the Lord, and their substance unto the ruler of the whole world. )

Cvdl Therfore get the vp (o thou doughter Sion) and throsshe out the corne: For I wil make thy horne yron, and thy clawes brasse, that thou mayest grynde many people: their goodes shalt thou appropriate vnto the LORDE, and their substaunce vnto the ruler off the whole worlde.
(Therefore get the up (o thou/you daughter Sion) and throsshe out the corne: For I will make thy/your horn iron, and thy/your clawes brass, that thou/you mayest/may grynde many people: their goodes shalt thou/you appropriate unto the LORD, and their substance unto the ruler off the whole world.)

Wycl Rise thou, douyter of Sion, and threische, for Y schal putte thin horn of irun, and Y schal putte thi nailis brasun; and thou schalt make lesse, ether waste, many puplis, and schalt sle to the Lord the raueyns of hem, and the strengthe of hem to the Lord of al erthe.
(Rise thou/you, daughter of Sion, and threische, for I shall put thin horn of irun, and I shall put thy/your nails brasun; and thou/you shalt make lesse, ether waste, many puplis, and shalt slay/kill to the Lord the raueyns of them, and the strengthe of them to the Lord of all earth.)

Luth Darum mache dich auf und dresche, du Tochter Zion! Denn ich will dir eiserne Hörner und eherne Klauen machen, und sollst viel Völker zerschmeißen; so will ich ihr Gut dem HErr’s verbannen und ihre Habe dem Herrscher der ganzen Welt.
(Therefore make you/yourself on and dresche, you Tochter Zion! Because I will you/to_you eiserne Hörner and eherne Klauen machen, and should many peoples zerschmeißen; so will I you/their/her Gut to_him LORD’s banishn and their/her goods to_him Lordscher the/of_the entire world.)

ClVg Surge, et tritura, filia Sion, quia cornu tuum ponam ferreum, et ungulas tuas ponam æreas; et comminues populos multos, et interficies Domino rapinas eorum, et fortitudinem eorum Domino universæ terræ.]
(Surge, and tritura, daughter Sion, because cornu your ponam ferreum, and ungulas tuas ponam æreas; and comminues to_the_peoples multos, and interficies Master rapinas their, and fortitudinem their Master universæ terræ.] )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

General Information:

Yahweh presents the imagery of the threshing floor (Micah 4:12).

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / you

(Occurrence 0) Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion … your horn … your hooves … You will crush

(Some words not found in UHB: arise and,thresh daughter Tsiyyōn/(Zion) that/for/because/then/when horn,your make iron and,hoofs,your make bronze and,beat_in_pieces peoples many and,devote to/for=YHWH gain,their and,wealth,their to,Lord all/each/any/every the=earth/land )

All instances of “your” and “you,” as well as the commands, refer to the “daughter of Zion” and so are singular and feminine.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion, for I will make your horn to be iron, and I will make your hooves to be bronze

Yahweh speaks of the people of Zion as if they were strong oxen about to thresh wheat and their enemies were the wheat.

(Occurrence 0) their unjust wealth

Alternate translation: “the wealth they got by acting unjustly” or “the things they stole from other people”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

(Occurrence 0) their wealth

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind the word wealth, you can express the same idea with a verbal form. Alternate translation: “the things that they own”

Parallel MIC 4:13

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