Micah 2:12 
Context| NET © | I will certainly gather all of you, O Jacob, I will certainly assemble those Israelites who remain. 1 I will bring them together like sheep in a fold, 2 like a flock in the middle of a pasture; 3 they will be so numerous that they will make a lot of noise. 4 |
| NIV © | "I will surely gather all of you, O Jacob; I will surely bring together the remnant of Israel. I will bring them together like sheep in a pen, like a flock in its pasture; the place will throng with people. |
| NASB © | "I will surely assemble all of you, Jacob, I will surely gather the remnant of Israel. I will put them together like sheep in the fold; Like a flock in the midst of its pasture They will be noisy with men. |
| NLT © | "Someday, O Israel, I will gather the few of you who are left. I will bring you together again like sheep in a fold, like a flock in its pasture. Yes, your land will again be filled with noisy crowds! |
| MSG © | "I'm calling a meeting, Jacob. I want everyone back--all the survivors of Israel. I'll get them together in one place--like sheep in a fold, like cattle in a corral--a milling throng of homebound people! |
| BBE © | I will certainly make all of you, O Jacob, come together; I will get together the rest of Israel; I will put them together like the sheep in their circle: like a flock in their green field; they will be full of the noise of men. |
| NRSV © | I will surely gather all of you, O Jacob, I will gather the survivors of Israel; I will set them together like sheep in a fold, like a flock in its pasture; it will resound with people. |
| NKJV © | "I will surely assemble all of you, O Jacob, I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together like sheep of the fold, Like a flock in the midst of their pasture; They shall make a loud noise because of so many people. |
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| NASB © | "I will surely <0622> assemble <0622> all <03605> of you, Jacob <03290> , I will surely <06908> gather <06908> the remnant <07611> of Israel <03478> . I will put <07760> them together <03162> like sheep <06629> in the fold <01223> ; Like a flock <05739> in the midst <08432> of its pasture <01699> They will be noisy <01949> with men .<0120> |
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| NET © [draft] ITL | I will certainly gather <0622> <0622> all <03605> of you, O Jacob <03290> , I will certainly assemble <06908> <06908> those Israelites <03478> who remain <07611> . I will bring <07760> them together <03162> like sheep <06629> in a fold <01223> , like a flock <05739> in the middle <08432> of a pasture <01699> ; they will be so numerous <0120> that they will make a lot of noise .<01949> |
| NET © | I will certainly gather all of you, O Jacob, I will certainly assemble those Israelites who remain. 1 I will bring them together like sheep in a fold, 2 like a flock in the middle of a pasture; 3 they will be so numerous that they will make a lot of noise. 4 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “the remnant of Israel.” 2 tc The MT reads בָּצְרָה (batsrah, “Bozrah”) but the form should be emended to בַּצִּרָה (batsirah, “into the fold”). See D. R. Hillers, Micah (Hermeneia), 38. 3 tc The MT reads “its pasture,” but the final vav (ו) belongs with the following verb. See GKC 413 §127.i. 4 tn Heb “and they will be noisy [or perhaps, “excited”] from men.” The subject of the third feminine plural verb תְּהִימֶנָה (tÿhimenah, “they will be noisy”) is probably the feminine singular צֹאן (tso’n, “flock”). (For another example of this collective singular noun with a feminine plural verb, see Gen 30:38.) In the construction מֵאָדָם (me’adam, “from men”) the preposition is probably causal. L. C. Allen translates “bleating in fear of men” (Joel, Obadiah, Jonah, and Micah [NICOT], 300), but it is possible to take the causal sense as “because of the large quantity of men.” In this case the sheep metaphor and the underlying reality are mixed. |
