Micah 7:11
What does Micah 7:11 mean?
A plain-English look at Micah 7:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000A day for building thy walls! in that day shall the decree be far removed.
KJV
King James Version · 1611In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901A day for building thy walls! in that day shall the decree be far removed.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949A day for building your walls! in that day will your limits be stretched far and wide.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862The day to build thy walls! That day--removed is the limit.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The day shall come, that thy walls may be built up: in that day shall the law be far removed.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890In the day when thy walls shall be built, on that day shall the established limit recede.
Context
v.10Then mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her who said unto me, Where is Jehovah thy God? Mine eyes shall see my desire upon her; now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
v.11This passage
v.12In that day shall they come unto thee from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, and from Egypt even to the River, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Nehemiah 2:8
and a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the castle which appertaineth to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
- Nehemiah 4:6
So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto half the height thereof: for the people had a mind to work.
- Amos 9:11
In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old;
- Nehemiah 4:3
Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they are building, if a fox go up, he shall break down their stone wall.
- Daniel 9:25
Know therefore and discern, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the anointed one, the prince, shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: it shall be built again, with street and moat, even in troublous times.
- Nehemiah 3:1
Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Hammeah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananel.
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