MIC 4:8 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Καὶ σὺ πύργος ποιμνίου αὐχμώδης, θυγάτηρ Σιὼν, ἐπὶ σὲ ἥξει, καὶ εἰσελεύσεται ἡ ἀρχὴ, ἡ πρώτη βασιλεία ἐκ Βαβυλῶνος τῇ θυγατρὶ Ἱερουσαλήμ.
(Kai su purgos poimniou auⱪmōdaʸs, thugataʸr Siōn, epi se haʸxei, kai eiseleusetai haʸ arⱪaʸ, haʸ prōtaʸ basileia ek Babulōnos taʸ thugatri Hierousalaʸm. )

BrTr And thou, dark tower of the flock, daughter of Sion, on thee the dominion shall come and enter in, even the first kingdom from Babylon to the daughter of Jerusalem.

ULT And you, watchtower for the flock,
⇔ hill of the daughter of Zion—
⇔ to you it will come, your former dominion will arrive,
⇔ the kingdom that belongs to the daughter of Jerusalem.

UST As for you people of Jerusalem,
⇔ you who guard all of my people as a shepherd guards his sheep from a tower,
⇔ you who live on Mount Zion will have great power again.
⇔ You people who live in Jerusalem will again rule as you did previously.

BSB And you, O watchtower of the flock,
⇔ O stronghold [fn] of the Daughter of Zion—
⇔ the former dominion will be restored to you;
⇔ sovereignty will come to the Daughter of Jerusalem.”

4:8 Or hill; Hebrew And you, Migdal-eder, the Ophel

OEB But you, watchtower for the flock,
⇔ hill of the daughter of Zion,
⇔ to you will return your former rule.

WEBBE You, tower of the flock, the hill of the daughter of Zion,
⇔ to you it will come.
⇔ Yes, the former dominion will come,
⇔ the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET As for you, watchtower for the flock,
⇔ fortress of Daughter Zion –
⇔ your former dominion will be restored,
¶ 
⇔ the sovereignty that belongs to Daughter Jerusalem.

LSV And you, O Tower of Eder,
Fort of the daughter of Zion, to you it comes,
Indeed, the former rule has come in,
The kingdom to the daughter of Jerusalem.”

FBV And as for you, Jerusalem,[fn] watchtower of the flock,[fn] your former royal rule and power will be returned to you: the kingdom will be given back to Jerusalem.

4:8 Literally, “hill of the daughter of Zion.”

4:8 Migdal Edar, mentioned in Genesis 35:21 as the place where Jacob camped.

T4T As for you people of Jerusalem [MET],
⇔ you who guard all of my people like [MET] a shepherd guards his sheep from a tower,
⇔ you who live on Zion Hill, will have great power again.
⇔ You people who live in Jerusalem will again rule like you did previously.

LEB • [fn] hill of the daughter of Zion, • to you it will come, • and the former dominion will come, • the reign of the daughter of Jerusalem.

4:? Or “tower of the flock”

BBE And you, O tower of the flock, Ophel of the daughter of Zion, to you it will come, even the earlier authority, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.

Moff No Moff MIC book available

JPS And thou, Migdal-eder, the hill of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come; yea, the former dominion shall come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.

ASV And thou, O tower of the flock, the hill of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, yea, the former dominion shall come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.

DRA And thou, O cloudy tower of the flock, of the daughter of Sion, unto thee shall it come: yea the first power shall come, the kingdom to the daughter of Jerusalem.

YLT And thou, O tower of Eder, Fort of the daughter of Zion, unto thee it cometh, Yea, come in hath the former rule, The kingdom to the daughter of Jerusalem.

Drby And thou, O tower of the flock, hill of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, yea, the first dominion shall come, — the kingdom to the daughter of Jerusalem.

RV And thou, O tower of the flock, the hill of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come; yea, the former dominion shall come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.

Wbstr And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, to thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come, to the daughter of Jerusalem.

KJB-1769 ¶ And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.
(¶ And thou/you, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee/you shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Yerusalem. )

KJB-1611 ¶ And thou, O towre of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, vnto thee shall it come, euen the first dominion, the kingdome shall come to the daughter of Ierusalem.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps And vnto thee O thou towre of the flocke, thou strong holde of the daughter Sion, vnto thee shall it come, euen the lordeship and kingdome to the daughter Hierusalem.
(And unto thee/you O thou/you tower of the flocke, thou/you strong hold of the daughter Sion, unto thee/you shall it come, even the lordship and kingdom to the daughter Yerusalem.)

Gnva And thou, O towre of the flock, the strong holde of the daughter Zion, vnto thee shall it come, euen the first dominion, and kingdome shall come to the daughter Ierusalem.
(And thou/you, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter Zion, unto thee/you shall it come, even the first dominion, and kingdom shall come to the daughter Yerusalem. )

Cvdl And vnto the (O thou tower of Eder, thou stronge holde off the doughter Sion) vnto the shal it come: eue the first lordshipe and kyngdome of the doughter Ierusale.
(And unto the (O thou/you tower of Eder, thou/you strong hold off the doughter Sion) unto the shall it come: eue the first lordshipe and kingdom of the doughter Yerusalem.)

Wycl And thou, `derk tour of the floc of the douyter of Sion, `til to thee he schal come, and the first power schal come, the rewme of the douytir of Jerusalem.
(And thou/you, `derk tour of the floc of the douyter of Sion, `til to thee/you he shall come, and the first power shall come, the realm of the douytir of Yerusalem.)

Luth Und du Turm Eder, eine Feste der Tochter Zion, es wird deine güldene Rose kommen, die vorige Herrschaft, das Königreich der Tochter Jerusalem.
(And you Turm Eder, one Feste the/of_the Tochter Zion, it becomes your güldene Rose coming, the vorige Lordschaft, the kingreich the/of_the Tochter Yerusalem.)

ClVg Et tu, turris gregis nebulosa filiæ Sion, usque ad te veniet, et veniet potestas prima, regnum filiæ Jerusalem.
(And you, turris gregis nebulosa daughters Sion, until to you(sg) veniet, and veniet potestas prima, kingdom daughters Yerusalem. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / apostrophe

(Occurrence 0) As for you, watchtower for the flock, hill of the daughter of Zion—to you it will come, your former dominion

(Some words not found in UHB: and=you(ms) מִגְדַּל עֵדֶר hill daughter_of Tsiyyōn/(Zion) to,you come and,come the,dominion the,former sovereignty of,daughter Yərūshālayim/(Jerusalem) )

Micah speaks to the people of Jerusalem by speaking to the temple mount as if it could hear him. You may need to make explicit that Micah is giving his message to the people. Alternate translation: “As for the temple mount, the place from which Yahweh watches over you, his sheep, the place that Jerusalem’s people are most proud of—its former dominion will return”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) watchtower for the flock

The people of Jerusalem protecting the other people in surrounding areas is spoken of as if they were a shepherd in a watchtower watching over his flock.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) daughter of Zion … daughter of Jerusalem

The people who live in a place are spoken of as if the place is a mother and they are the daughter. Alternate translation: “people who live in Zion … people who live in Jerusalem”

(Occurrence 0) hill

Some modern versions understand this Hebrew word to mean “fortress” or “stronghold” here.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

(Occurrence 0) to you it will come, your former dominion

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind the word dominion, you can express the same idea with a verbal form. Alternate translation: “you will rule over the nations as you did before” or “I will make you rule over the nations as you did before”

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