Micah 4:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) But they do not know the thoughts of the Lord, they do not understand his plan, that he has gathered them as sheaves to the threshing floor. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But they know not the thoughts of the Lord, neither do they understand His plan, for He shall gather them as the sheaves to the threshing floor. American Standard Version (1901) But they know not the thoughts of Jehovah, neither understand they his counsel; for he hath gathered them as the sheaves to the threshing-floor. Common English Bible But they don’t know the plans of the LORD; they can’t understand his scheme, namely, that he will bring them like grain to the threshing floor! Catholic Public Domain Version But they have not known the thoughts of the Lord, and they have not understood his counsel. For he has gathered them together like hay on a threshing floor. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But they have not known the thoughts of the Lord, and have not understood his counsel: because he hath gathered them together as the hay of the floor. |
He has not dealt thus with any other nation; they do not know his ordinances. Praise the Lord!
But he does not so intend, and his mind does not so think; but it is in his mind to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few;
O my threshed and winnowed one, what I have heard from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I announce to you.
And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, all that fight against her and her stronghold and distress her, shall be like a dream, a vision of the night.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says the Lord.
For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
“You are my hammer and weapon of war: with you I break nations in pieces; with you I destroy kingdoms;
For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time when it is trodden; yet a little while and the time of her harvest will come.”
I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat, and I will enter into judgment with them there, on account of my people and my heritage Israel, because they have scattered them among the nations, and have divided up my land,
His winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor, and to gather the wheat into his granary, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”