Micah 4:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³ 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;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And He shall judge between many peoples and shall decide for 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. [Isa. 2:2-4; Joel 3:10.]

American Standard Version (1901)

³ 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.

Common English Bible

³ God will judge between the nations and settle disputes of mighty nations, which are far away. They will beat their swords into iron plows and their spears into pruning tools. Nation will not take up sword against nation; they will no longer learn how to make war.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And he will judge among the many peoples, and he will correct strong nations, even from afar. And they will cut up their swords into plows, and their spears into hoes. Nation will not take up the sword against nation, and they will no longer learn to wage war.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off: and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into spades: nation shall not take sword against nation: neither shall they learn war any more.

Micah 4:3 Cross References

Psalm 46:10

“Be still, and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations; I am exalted in the earth.”

Psalm 46:9

He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the shields with fire.

Psalm 72:3

May the mountains yield prosperity for the people, and the hills, in righteousness.

Psalm 72:7

In his days may righteousness flourish and peace abound, until the moon is no more.

Psalm 82:8

Rise up, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations belong to you!

Psalm 96:13

before the Lord, for he is coming, for he is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with his truth.

Psalm 98:9

at the presence of the Lord, for he is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.

Isaiah 2:4

He shall judge between the nations and shall arbitrate for many peoples; 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.

Isaiah 25:3

Therefore strong peoples will glorify you; cities of ruthless nations will fear you.

Isaiah 51:5

I will bring near my deliverance swiftly; my salvation has gone out, and my arms will rule the peoples; the coastlands wait for me, and for my arm they hope.

Isaiah 60:12

For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; those nations shall be utterly laid waste.

Isaiah 65:25

The wolf and the lamb shall feed together; the lion shall eat straw like the ox, but the serpent—its food shall be dust! They shall not hurt or destroy on all my holy mountain, says the Lord.

Isaiah 9:7

Great will be his authority, and there shall be endless peace for the throne of David and his kingdom. He will establish and uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time onward and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

Daniel 2:44

And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall this kingdom be left to another people. It shall crush all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever,

Hosea 2:18

I will make for you a covenant on that day with the wild animals, the birds of the air, and the creeping things of the ground, and I will abolish the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and I will make you lie down in safety.

Hosea 2:20

I will take you for my wife in faithfulness, and you shall know the Lord.

Joel 3:2

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. They have divided my land

Micah 5:15

And in anger and wrath I will execute vengeance on the nations that did not obey.

Zechariah 14:3

Then the Lord will go forth and fight against those nations as when he fights on a day of battle.

Zechariah 8:20

“Thus says the Lord of hosts: Peoples shall yet come, the inhabitants of many cities;

Zechariah 9:10

He will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off, and he shall command peace to the nations; his dominion shall be from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth.

Acts 17:31

because he has fixed a day on which he will have the world judged in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”

Revelation 19:11

Then I saw heaven opened, and there was a white horse! Its rider is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and wages war.

1 Samuel 2:10

The Lord! His adversaries will be shattered; the Most High will thunder in heaven. The Lord will judge the ends of the earth; he will give strength to his king and exalt the power of his anointed.”