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Micah 4:3–5

3 He shall judge between many peoples,

And rebuke strong nations afar off;

They shall beat their swords into bplowshares,

And their spears into 1pruning hooks;

Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,

cNeither shall they learn war anymore.

4 dBut everyone shall sit under his vine and under his fig tree,

And no one shall make them afraid;

For the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken.

5 For all people walk each in the name of his god,

But ewe will walk in the name of the Lord our God

Forever and ever.

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Micah 4:3–5 — The New International Version (NIV)

He will judge between many peoples

and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide.

They will beat their swords into plowshares

and their spears into pruning hooks.

Nation will not take up sword against nation,

nor will they train for war anymore.

Everyone will sit under their own vine

and under their own fig tree,

and no one will make them afraid,

for the Lord Almighty has spoken.

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.

Micah 4:3–5 — English Standard Version (ESV)

He shall judge between many peoples,

and shall decide disputes for strong nations far away;

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 anymore;

but they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree,

and no one shall make them afraid,

for the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken.

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.

Micah 4:3–5 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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.

But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree;

And none shall make them afraid:

For the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.

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.

Micah 4:3–5 — New Living Translation (NLT)

The Lord will mediate between peoples

and will settle disputes between strong nations far away.

They will hammer their swords into plowshares

and their spears into pruning hooks.

Nation will no longer fight against nation,

nor train for war anymore.

Everyone will live in peace and prosperity,

enjoying their own grapevines and fig trees,

for there will be nothing to fear.

The Lord of Heaven’s Armies

has made this promise!

Though the nations around us follow their idols,

we will follow the Lord our God forever and ever.

Micah 4:3–5 — New Century Version (NCV)

The Lord will judge many nations;

he will make decisions about strong nations that are far away.

They will hammer their swords into plow blades

and their spears into hooks for trimming trees.

Nations will no longer raise swords against other nations;

they will not train for war anymore.

Everyone will sit under his own vine and fig tree,

and no one will make him afraid,

because the Lord All-Powerful has said it.

All other nations may follow their own gods,

but we will follow the Lord our God forever and ever.

Micah 4:3–5 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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. But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig-tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of Jehovah of hosts hath spoken it. For all the peoples walk every one in the name of his god; and we will walk in the name of Jehovah our God for ever and ever.

Micah 4:3–5 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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. And they shall sit every one under his vine, and under his fig-tree; and there shall be none to make them afraid: for the mouth of Jehovah of hosts hath spoken it. For all the peoples will walk every one in the name of his god; but we will walk in the name of Jehovah, our God for ever and ever.

Micah 4:3–5 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Then he will judge disputes between many people 

and settle arguments between many nations far and wide. 

They will hammer their swords into plowblades 

and their spears into pruning shears. 

Nations will never fight against each other, 

and they will never train for war again. 

They will sit under their grapevines and their fig trees, 

and no one will make them afraid. 

The Lord of Armies has spoken. 

All the nations live by the names of their gods, 

but we will live by the name of the Lord our God forever. 

Micah 4:3–5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

He will settle disputes among many peoples

and provide arbitration for strong nations

that are far away.

They will beat their swords into plows,

and their spears into pruning knives.

Nation will not take up the sword against nation,

and they will never again train for war.

But each man will sit under his grapevine

and under his fig tree

with no one to frighten him.

For the mouth of the Lord of Hosts

has promised this.

Though all the peoples each walk

in the name of their gods,

we will walk in the name of Yahweh our God

forever and ever.

Micah 4:3–5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

He shall judge between many peoples,

and shall arbitrate between strong nations far away;

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;

but they shall all sit under their own vines and under their own fig trees,

and no one shall make them afraid;

for the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken.

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.

Micah 4:3–5 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

And he will judge between many peoples

and will arbitrate for strong nations far away;

and they will beat their swords into plowshares

and their spears into pruning hooks;

nation will not lift up a sword against a nation,

and they will no longer learn war.

But they will sit, each under his vine

and under his fig tree,

and no one will make them afraid,

for the mouth of Yahweh of hosts has spoken.

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.

Micah 4:3–5 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

He will judge between people from many nations.

He’ll settle problems among strong nations everywhere.

They will hammer their swords into plows.

They’ll hammer their spears into pruning tools.

Nations will not go to war against one another.

They won’t even train to fight anymore.

Every man will have

his own vine and fig tree.

And no one will make them afraid.

That’s what the Lord who rules over all has promised.

Other nations worship and trust in their gods.

But we will worship and obey the Lord.

He will be our God for ever and ever.

Micah 4:3–5 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

And He will judge between many peoples

And render decisions for mighty, distant nations.

Then they will hammer their swords into plowshares

And their spears into pruning hooks;

Nation will not lift up sword against nation,

And never again will they train for war.

Each of them will sit under his vine

And under his fig tree,

With no one to make them afraid,

For the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken.

Though all the peoples walk

Each in the name of his god,

As for us, we will walk

In the name of the Lord our God forever and ever.


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