Parallel Verses
- The Message - But you, Bethlehem, David’s country, the runt of the litter— From you will come the leader who will shepherd-rule Israel. He’ll be no upstart, no pretender. His family tree is ancient and distinguished. Meanwhile, Israel will be in foster homes until the birth pangs are over and the child is born, And the scattered brothers come back home to the family of Israel. He will stand tall in his shepherd-rule by God’s strength, centered in the majesty of God-Revealed. And the people will have a good and safe home, for the whole world will hold him in respect— Peacemaker of the world!
- 新标点和合本 - 伯利恒以法他啊， 你在犹大诸城中为小， 将来必有一位从你那里出来， 在以色列中为我作掌权的； 他的根源从亘古，从太初就有。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 伯利恒的以法他啊， 你在犹大诸城中虽小， 将来必有一位从你那里出来， 在以色列中为我作掌权者； 他的根源自亘古，从太初就有。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 伯利恒的以法他啊， 你在犹大诸城中虽小， 将来必有一位从你那里出来， 在以色列中为我作掌权者； 他的根源自亘古，从太初就有。
- 当代译本 - 以法他的伯利恒啊， 你在犹大各城中毫不起眼， 但将有一位从你那里出来， 为我统治以色列； 祂的根源自亘古，来自太初。
- 圣经新译本 - 伯利恒 以法他啊！ 你在犹大诸城中虽然细小（“伯利恒……细小”有古卷作“以法他家啊，你在犹大诸族中虽然细小”）， 必有一位从你那里出来，为我作以色列的统治者； 他的根源从太初， 从亘古就有了。（本节在《马索拉文本》为5:1）
- 现代标点和合本 - “伯利恒以法他啊， 你在犹大诸城中为小， 将来必有一位从你那里出来， 在以色列中为我做掌权的。 他的根源从亘古，从太初就有。”
- 和合本（拼音版） - 伯利恒 以法他啊， 你在犹大诸城中为小。 将来必有一位从你那里出来， 在以色列中为我作掌权的； 他的根源从亘古、从太初就有。
- New International Version - “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times.”
- New International Reader's Version - The Lord says, “Bethlehem Ephrathah, you might not be an important town in the nation of Judah. But out of you will come for me a ruler over Israel. His family line goes back to the early years of your nation. It goes all the way back to days of long ago.”
- English Standard Version - But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days.
- New Living Translation - But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, are only a small village among all the people of Judah. Yet a ruler of Israel, whose origins are in the distant past, will come from you on my behalf.
- Christian Standard Bible - Bethlehem Ephrathah, you are small among the clans of Judah; one will come from you to be ruler over Israel for me. His origin is from antiquity, from ancient times.
- New American Standard Bible - But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Too little to be among the clans of Judah, From you One will come forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His times of coming forth are from long ago, From the days of eternity.”
- New King James Version - “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of Judah, Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth are from of old, From everlasting.”
- Amplified Bible - But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Too little to be among the clans of Judah; From you One shall come forth for Me [who is] to be Ruler in Israel, His goings forth (appearances) are from long ago, From ancient days.”
- American Standard Version - But thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.
- King James Version - But thou, Beth–lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.
- New English Translation - (5:1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah – from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, one whose origins are in the distant past.
- World English Bible - But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, being small among the clans of Judah, out of you one will come out to me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings out are from of old, from ancient times.
- 新標點和合本 - 伯利恆的以法他啊， 你在猶大諸城中為小， 將來必有一位從你那裏出來， 在以色列中為我作掌權的； 他的根源從亙古，從太初就有。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 伯利恆的以法他啊， 你在猶大諸城中雖小， 將來必有一位從你那裏出來， 在以色列中為我作掌權者； 他的根源自亙古，從太初就有。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 伯利恆的以法他啊， 你在猶大諸城中雖小， 將來必有一位從你那裏出來， 在以色列中為我作掌權者； 他的根源自亙古，從太初就有。
- 當代譯本 - 以法他的伯利恆啊， 你在猶大各城中毫不起眼， 但將有一位從你那裡出來， 為我統治以色列； 祂的根源自亙古，來自太初。
- 聖經新譯本 - 伯利恆 以法他啊！ 你在猶大諸城中雖然細小（“伯利恆……細小”有古卷作“以法他家啊，你在猶大諸族中雖然細小”）， 必有一位從你那裡出來，為我作以色列的統治者； 他的根源從太初， 從亙古就有了。（本節在《馬索拉文本》為5:1）
- 呂振中譯本 - 但是你、 伯利恆 以法他 啊， 你在 猶大 諸鄉村中雖然細小， 將來必有一位從你那裏為我而出， 在 以色列 中做統治者； 他的根源出於亙古， 出於往古之日。
- 現代標點和合本 - 「伯利恆以法他啊， 你在猶大諸城中為小， 將來必有一位從你那裡出來， 在以色列中為我做掌權的。 他的根源從亙古，從太初就有。」
- 文理和合譯本 - 伯利恆 以法他乎、爾在猶大郡中為小、然將有一人自爾而出、為君於以色列、其原由於亙古、本於太初、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 惟爾伯利恆、以法大、在猶大郡中、雖為卑微、然將有君於爾是出、代我牧以色列民、亙古以來即有之、顯著者屢矣。
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 惟爾 伯利恆 以法他 、雖在 猶大 郡中 郡中原文作諸千中千者即千家也 為小、然將有君自爾出、為我治理 以色列 民、其源 源原文作出 自亙古自太初已有、
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Pero de ti, Belén Efrata, pequeña entre los clanes de Judá, saldrá el que gobernará a Israel; sus orígenes se remontan hasta la antigüedad, hasta tiempos inmemoriales.
- 현대인의 성경 - 여호와께서 말씀하신다. “베들레헴 에브라다야, 너는 유다에서 가장 작은 마을 중의 하나이지만 너에게서 이스라엘을 다스릴 자가 나올 것이다. 그는 영원 전부터 있는 자이다.”
- Новый Русский Перевод - – Но ты, Вифлеем-Ефрафа, пусть ты мал средь городов Иудеи, из тебя Мне выйдет Тот, Кто будет править Израилем, Чье родословие ведется издревле, с давних времен .
- Восточный перевод - – Но ты, Вифлеем-Ефрафа, пусть ты мал средь городов Иудеи, из тебя Мне выйдет Тот, Кто будет править Исраилом, Чьё родословие ведётся издревле, с давних времён .
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - – Но ты, Вифлеем-Ефрафа, пусть ты мал средь городов Иудеи, из тебя Мне выйдет Тот, Кто будет править Исраилом, Чьё родословие ведётся издревле, с давних времён .
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - – Но ты, Вифлеем-Ефрафа, пусть ты мал средь городов Иудеи, из тебя Мне выйдет Тот, Кто будет править Исроилом, Чьё родословие ведётся издревле, с давних времён .
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - C’est pourquoi l’Eternel ╵livrera à d’autres son peuple jusqu’au moment ╵où celle qui doit enfanter ╵enfantera ; alors le reste de ses frères rejoindra les Israélites.
- リビングバイブル - 「ベツレヘム・エフラテよ。 あなたはユダの小さな村にすぎないが、 永遠の昔から生きている、 イスラエルの支配者が生まれる地となる。」
- Nova Versão Internacional - “Mas tu, Belém-Efrata, embora pequena entre os clãs de Judá, de ti virá para mim aquele que será o governante sobre Israel. Suas origens estão no passado distante, em tempos antigos. ”
- Hoffnung für alle - Bis zu der Zeit, wo eine Frau den erwarteten Sohn geboren hat, lässt Gott die Menschen seines Volkes den Feinden in die Hände fallen; doch dann werden die Überlebenden zu den anderen Israeliten in ihr Land zurückkehren.
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Hỡi Bết-lê-hem Ép-ra-ta, ngươi chỉ là một làng nhỏ bé giữa các dân tộc của Giu-đa. Nhưng từ ngươi sẽ xuất hiện một Đấng cai trị Ít-ra-ên. Gốc tích của Người từ đời xưa, từ trước vô cùng.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “ส่วนเจ้า เบธเลเฮม เอฟราธาห์เอ๋ย ถึงแม้เจ้าเป็นคนเล็กน้อยในหมู่ตระกูลต่างๆ ของยูดาห์ แต่จะมีผู้หนึ่งออกมาจากเจ้าเพื่อเรา เป็นผู้ที่จะครอบครองอิสราเอล ผู้นั้นมีที่มา จากอดีตกาล จากโบราณกาล ”
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - “เบธเลเฮม เอฟราธาห์เอ๋ย แม้เจ้าจะด้อยในตระกูลของยูดาห์ แต่ท่านหนึ่งที่จะออกไปจากเจ้าเป็นผู้ปกครองของอิสราเอลเพื่อเรา ท่านมาจากครั้งโบราณกาล จากปฐมกาล”
Cross Reference
- Revelation 21:6 - Then he said, “It’s happened. I’m A to Z. I’m the Beginning, I’m the Conclusion. From Water-of-Life Well I give freely to the thirsty. Conquerors inherit all this. I’ll be God to them, they’ll be sons and daughters to me. But for the rest—the feckless and faithless, degenerates and murderers, sex peddlers and sorcerers, idolaters and all liars—for them it’s Lake Fire and Brimstone. Second death!”
- Isaiah 53:2 - The servant grew up before God—a scrawny seedling, a scrubby plant in a parched field. There was nothing attractive about him, nothing to cause us to take a second look. He was looked down on and passed over, a man who suffered, who knew pain firsthand. One look at him and people turned away. We looked down on him, thought he was scum. But the fact is, it was our pains he carried— our disfigurements, all the things wrong with us. We thought he brought it on himself, that God was punishing him for his own failures. But it was our sins that did that to him, that ripped and tore and crushed him—our sins! He took the punishment, and that made us whole. Through his bruises we get healed. We’re all like sheep who’ve wandered off and gotten lost. We’ve all done our own thing, gone our own way. And God has piled all our sins, everything we’ve done wrong, on him, on him.
- Luke 23:38 - Printed over him was a sign: this is the king of the jews.
- Psalms 132:6 - Remember how we got the news in Ephrathah, learned all about it at Jaar Meadows? We shouted, “Let’s go to the shrine dedication! Let’s worship at God’s own footstool!”
- Luke 2:6 - While they were there, the time came for her to give birth. She gave birth to a son, her firstborn. She wrapped him in a blanket and laid him in a manger, because there was no room in the hostel.
- Ezekiel 37:24 - “‘They’ll follow my laws and keep my statutes. They’ll live in the same land I gave my servant Jacob, the land where your ancestors lived. They and their children and their grandchildren will live there forever, and my servant David will be their prince forever. I’ll make a covenant of peace with them that will hold everything together, an everlasting covenant. I’ll make them secure and place my holy place of worship at the center of their lives forever. I’ll live right there with them. I’ll be their God! They’ll be my people!
- Amos 9:11 - “But also on that Judgment Day I will restore David’s house that has fallen to pieces. I’ll repair the holes in the roof, replace the broken windows, fix it up like new. David’s people will be strong again and seize what’s left of enemy Edom, plus everyone else under my sovereign judgment.” God’s Decree. He will do this.
- 1 Chronicles 2:54 - The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half of the Manahathites, the Zorites, and the families of Sopherim who lived at Jabez—the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Sucathites. They made up the Kenites who came from Hammath the father of the house of Recab.
- Revelation 2:8 - Write this to Smyrna, to the Angel of the church. The Beginning and Ending, the First and Final One, the Once Dead and Then Come Alive, speaks:
- Jeremiah 13:6 - Next, after quite a long time, God told me, “Go back to Perath and get the linen shorts I told you to hide there.” So I went back to Perath and dug them out of the place where I had hidden them. The shorts by then had rotted and were worthless.
- 1 John 1:1 - From the very first day, we were there, taking it all in—we heard it with our own ears, saw it with our own eyes, verified it with our own hands. The Word of Life appeared right before our eyes; we saw it happen! And now we’re telling you in most sober prose that what we witnessed was, incredibly, this: The infinite Life of God himself took shape before us.
- Deuteronomy 1:15 - So I went ahead and took the top men of your tribes, wise and seasoned, and made them your leaders—leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens, officials adequate for each of your tribes.
- Revelation 1:17 - “Don’t fear: I am First, I am Last, I’m Alive. I died, but I came to life, and my life is now forever. See these keys in my hand? They open and lock Death’s doors, they open and lock Hell’s gates. Now write down everything you see: things that are, things about to be. The Seven Stars you saw in my right hand and the seven-branched gold menorah—do you want to know what’s behind them? The Seven Stars are the Angels of the seven churches; the menorah’s seven branches are the seven churches.”
- John 1:1 - The Word was first, the Word present to God, God present to the Word. The Word was God, in readiness for God from day one.
- John 1:3 - Everything was created through him; nothing—not one thing!— came into being without him. What came into existence was Life, and the Life was Light to live by. The Life-Light blazed out of the darkness; the darkness couldn’t put it out.
- Ezekiel 34:23 - “‘I’ll appoint one shepherd over them all: my servant David. He’ll feed them. He’ll be their shepherd. And I, God, will be their God. My servant David will be their prince. I, God, have spoken.
- 1 Chronicles 2:50 - The sons of Hur, Ephrathah’s firstborn: Shobal who had Kiriath Jearim, Salma who had Bethlehem, and Hareph father of Beth Gader.
- Proverbs 8:22 - “God sovereignly made me—the first, the basic— before he did anything else. I was brought into being a long time ago, well before Earth got its start. I arrived on the scene before Ocean, yes, even before Springs and Rivers and Lakes. Before Mountains were sculpted and Hills took shape, I was already there, newborn; Long before God stretched out Earth’s Horizons, and tended to the minute details of Soil and Weather, And set Sky firmly in place, I was there. When he mapped and gave borders to wild Ocean, built the vast vault of Heaven, and installed the fountains that fed Ocean, When he drew a boundary for Sea, posted a sign that said no trespassing, And then staked out Earth’s Foundations, I was right there with him, making sure everything fit. Day after day I was there, with my joyful applause, always enjoying his company, Delighted with the world of things and creatures, happily celebrating the human family.
- John 19:15 - They shouted back, “Kill him! Kill him! Crucify him!” Pilate said, “I am to crucify your king?” The high priests answered, “We have no king except Caesar.”
- John 19:16 - Pilate caved in to their demand. He turned him over to be crucified. They took Jesus away. Carrying his cross, Jesus went out to the place called Skull Hill (the name in Hebrew is Golgotha), where they crucified him, and with him two others, one on each side, Jesus in the middle. Pilate wrote a sign and had it placed on the cross. It read: jesus the nazarene the king of the jews.
- John 19:20 - Many of the Jews read the sign because the place where Jesus was crucified was right next to the city. It was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek. The Jewish high priests objected. “Don’t write,” they said to Pilate, “‘The King of the Jews.’ Make it, ‘This man said, “I am the King of the Jews.”’”
- John 19:22 - Pilate said, “What I’ve written, I’ve written.”
- Ruth 4:11 - All the people in the town square that day, backing up the elders, said, “Yes, we are witnesses. May God make this woman who is coming into your household like Rachel and Leah, the two women who built the family of Israel. May God make you a pillar in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem! With the children God gives you from this young woman, may your family rival the family of Perez, the son Tamar bore to Judah.” * * *
- Genesis 35:19 - Rachel died and was buried on the road to Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem. Jacob set up a pillar to mark her grave. It is still there today, “Rachel’s Grave Stone.” * * *
- Matthew 28:18 - Jesus, undeterred, went right ahead and gave his charge: “God authorized and commanded me to commission you: Go out and train everyone you meet, far and near, in this way of life, marking them by baptism in the threefold name: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Then instruct them in the practice of all I have commanded you. I’ll be with you as you do this, day after day after day, right up to the end of the age.”
- Ezekiel 17:22 - “‘God, the Master, says, I personally will take a shoot from the top of the towering cedar, a cutting from the crown of the tree, and plant it on a high and towering mountain, on the high mountain of Israel. It will grow, putting out branches and fruit—a majestic cedar. Birds of every sort and kind will live under it. They’ll build nests in the shade of its branches. All the trees of the field will recognize that I, God, made the great tree small and the small tree great, made the green tree turn dry and the dry tree sprout green branches. I, God, said it—and I did it.’”
- 1 Samuel 17:12 - Enter David. He was the son of Jesse the Ephrathite from Bethlehem in Judah. Jesse, the father of eight sons, was himself too old to join Saul’s army. Jesse’s three oldest sons had followed Saul to war. The names of the three sons who had joined up with Saul were Eliab, the firstborn; next, Abinadab; and third, Shammah. David was the youngest son. While his three oldest brothers went to war with Saul, David went back and forth from attending to Saul to tending his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.
- Isaiah 11:1 - A green Shoot will sprout from Jesse’s stump, from his roots a budding Branch. The life-giving Spirit of God will hover over him, the Spirit that brings wisdom and understanding, The Spirit that gives direction and builds strength, the Spirit that instills knowledge and Fear-of-God. Fear-of-God will be all his joy and delight. He won’t judge by appearances, won’t decide on the basis of hearsay. He’ll judge the needy by what is right, render decisions on earth’s poor with justice. His words will bring everyone to awed attention. A mere breath from his lips will topple the wicked. Each morning he’ll pull on sturdy work clothes and boots, and build righteousness and faithfulness in the land.
- Zechariah 9:9 - “Shout and cheer, Daughter Zion! Raise your voice, Daughter Jerusalem! Your king is coming! a good king who makes all things right, a humble king riding a donkey, a mere colt of a donkey. I’ve had it with war—no more chariots in Ephraim, no more war horses in Jerusalem, no more swords and spears, bows and arrows. He will offer peace to the nations, a peaceful rule worldwide, from the four winds to the seven seas.