Micah 4:3 “Then He will judge between many peoples and arbitrate for strong natio…”

Micah 4:3

Then 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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

and 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.

American Standard Version

and 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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And he shall iudge among many people, and rebuke mightie nations a farre off, and they shall breake their swordes into mattockes, and their speares into sithes: nation shall not lift vp a sword against nation, neither shall they learne to fight any more.

Darby Translation

And 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.

Young's Literal Translation

And 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.

Bible in Basic English

And 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.

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Cross references

“he shall judge”

Acts 17:31 Psalm 96:13 Psalm 98:9 John 5:27–29 1 Samuel 2:10 Psalm 82:8

Acts 17:31 · BSB

For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”

Psalm 96:13 · BSB

before the LORD, for He is coming— He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.

Psalm 98:9 · BSB

before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.

John 5:27–29 · BSB

And He has given Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.

1 Samuel 2:10 · BSB

Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder from heaven against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth and will give power to His king. He will exalt the horn of His anointed.”

Psalm 82:8 · BSB

Arise, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are Your inheritance.

“and rebuke”

Joel 3:9–16 Zechariah 14:12–19 Micah 5:15 Psalm 2:5–12 Isaiah 25:3 Isaiah 60:12

Joel 3:9–16 · BSB

Proclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!

Zechariah 14:12–19 · BSB

And this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will…

Micah 5:15 · BSB

I will take vengeance in anger and wrath upon the nations that have not obeyed Me.”

Psalm 2:5–12 · BSB

Then He rebukes them in His anger, and terrifies them in His fury:

Isaiah 25:3 · BSB

Therefore, a strong people will honor You. The cities of ruthless nations will revere You.

Isaiah 60:12 · BSB

For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly destroyed.

“they shall”

Isaiah 2:4 Hosea 2:18 Psalm 46:9 Zechariah 9:10 Isaiah 11:6–9 Joel 3:10

Isaiah 2:4 · BSB

Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train an…

Hosea 2:18 · BSB

On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and battle in the land, and will make them li…

Psalm 46:9 · BSB

He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire.

Zechariah 9:10 · BSB

And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be broken. Then He will proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion will extend from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to…

Isaiah 11:6–9 · BSB

The wolf will live with the lamb, and the leopard will lie down with the goat; the calf and young lion and fatling will be together, and a little child will lead them.

Joel 3:10 · BSB

Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, ‘I am strong!’

“neither”

Isaiah 65:25 Psalm 72:7 Isaiah 9:7 Isaiah 60:17 Isaiah 60:18

Isaiah 65:25 · BSB

The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.

Psalm 72:7 · BSB

May the righteous flourish in his days and prosperity abound until the moon is no more.

Isaiah 9:7 · BSB

Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The…

Isaiah 60:17 · BSB

Instead of bronze I will bring you gold; I will bring silver in place of iron, bronze instead of wood, and iron instead of stones. I will appoint peace as your governor and righteousness as your ruler.

Isaiah 60:18 · BSB

No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders. But you will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2And many nations will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

4And each man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, with no one to frighten him. For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken.

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