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Micah 5:9

Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Micah 5:8.

תָּרֹ֥םtaromhighרוּםverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “high”, an unfinished actionH7311to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)bring up, exalt (self), extol, give, go up, haughty, heave (up), (be, lift up on, make on, set up on, too) high(-er, one), hold up, levy, lift(-er) up, (be) lofty, ([idiom] a-) loud, mount up, offer (up), [phrase] presumptuously, (be) prom…יָדְךָ֖yadekhahandיָדnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “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, […עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…צָרֶ֑יךָtsareykhanarrowצַרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “narrow”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6862narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble ; (transitive) an opponent (as crowding)adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.וְכָלvekhaland allכֹּלconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).אֹיְבֶ֖יךָoyeveykhaenemyאֹיֵבverb, qal, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “enemy”, a verb used as a describing wordH341hating; an adversaryenemy, foe.יִכָּרֵֽתוּyikaretvcovenantכָּרַתverb, niphal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “covenant”, an unfinished actionH3772to 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.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(5-8) Let Thy hand be lifted up above Thine adversaries, and let all Thine enemies be cut off.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Let thy hand be lifted up above thine adversaries, and let all thine enemies be cut off.

Young’s Literal Translation

High is thy hand above thine adversaries, And all thine enemies are cut off.

World English Bible

Let your hand be lifted up above your adversaries, and let all of your enemies be cut off.

Darby Translation

Thy hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.

Douay-Rheims

Thy hand shall be lifted up over thy enemies, and all thy enemies shall be cut off.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(5-8) Let Thy hand be lifted up above Thine adversaries, and let all Thine enemies be cut off.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thine hand shall be lifted up against them that afflict thee, and all thine enemies shall be utterly destroyed.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὑψωθήσεται ἡ χείρ σου ἐπὶ τοὺς θλίβοντάς σε, καὶ πάντες οἱ ἐχθροί σου ἐξολοθρευθήσονται.