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Micah 5:2
Contemporary English Version
Micah 5:2
Contemporary English Version
2 (A) Bethlehem Ephrath,
you are one of the smallest towns
in the nation of Judah.
But the Lord will choose
one of your people
to rule the nation—
someone whose family
goes back to ancient times.[a]
Footnotes
- 5.2 family … times: Or “kingdom is eternal.”
Micah 5:2
King James Version
Micah 5:2
King James Version
2 But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
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