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Micah 5:12

And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:

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In the Hebrew text this line is Micah 5:11.

וְהִכְרַתִּ֥יvehikhratiand covenantכָּרַתconjunction, verb, qal, cohortative, 1st person, common, singular — “and covenant”, a determination or requestH3772to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)be chewed, be con-(feder-) ate, covenant, cut (down, off), destroy, fail, feller, be freed, hew (down), make a league (covenant), [idiom] lose, perish, [idiom] utterly, [idiom] want.כְשָׁפִ֖יםkheshafimsorceryכֶּשֶׁףnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “sorcery”, the ordinary formH3785magicsorcery, witchcraft.מִיָּדֶ֑ךָmiyadekhafrom handיָדpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “from hand”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […וּֽמְעוֹנְנִ֖יםumeonenimand enchanterעָנַןconjunction, verb, poel, participle, absolute — “and enchanter”, a verb used as a describing wordH6049figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. practise magic[idiom] bring, enchanter, Meonemin, observe(-r of) times, soothsayer, sorcerer.לֹ֥אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…יִֽהְיוּyihyvbeהָיָהverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “be”, an unfinished actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.לָֽךְlakhetoלָֽךְpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “to”to

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(5-11) And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers;

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American Standard Version (1901)

And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers:

Young’s Literal Translation

And have cut off sorcerers out of thy hand, And observers of clouds thou hast none.

World English Bible

I will destroy witchcraft from your hand. You shall have no soothsayers.

Darby Translation

And I will cut off sorceries out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no soothsayers.

Douay-Rheims

And I will destroy thy graven things, and thy statues out of the midst of thee: and thou shalt no more adore the works of thy hands.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(5-11) And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers;

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and I will utterly destroy thy sorceries out of thine hands; and there shall be no soothsayers in thee.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ ἐξολοθρεύσω τὰ φάρμακά σου ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν σου, καὶ ἀποφθεγγόμενοι οὐκ ἔσονται ἐν σοί·