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Micah 4:5

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4:5Though all the nations follow their respective gods,16

we will follow17 the Lord our God forever.

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Footnotes

  1. 16 Heb “walk each in the name of his god.” The term “name” here has the idea of “authority.” To “walk in the name” of a god is to recognize the god’s authority as binding over one’s life.
  2. 17 Heb “walk in the name of.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For all the peoples walk

each in the name of its god,

but we will walk in the name of the Lord our God

forever and ever.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

All the nations may walk

in the name of their gods,

but we will walk in the name of the Lord

our God for ever and ever.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Though all the peoples walk

in the name of their own gods,

we will walk in the name of the Lord our God

forever and ever.

NLTNew Living Translation

Though the nations around us follow their idols,

we will follow the Lord our God forever and ever.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For all the nations walk,

each in the name of its god,

but we will walk in the name of Yahweh our God,

forever and ever.

KJV 1900King James Version

For all people will walk every one in the name of his god,

And we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.