Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD; they do not understand his plan, that he has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor. New Living Translation But they do not know the LORD’s thoughts or understand his plan. These nations don’t know that he is gathering them together to be beaten and trampled like sheaves of grain on a threshing floor. English Standard Version 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. Berean Standard Bible But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD or understand His plan, for He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor. King James Bible 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. New King James Version But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD, Nor do they understand His counsel; For He will gather them like sheaves to the threshing floor. New American Standard Bible “But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD, And they do not understand His plan; For He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor. NASB 1995 “But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD, And they do not understand His purpose; For He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor. NASB 1977 “But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD, And they do not understand His purpose; For He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor. Legacy Standard Bible But they do not know the thoughts of Yahweh, And they do not understand His counsel; For He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor. Amplified Bible “But they (Gentile nations) do not know the thoughts of the LORD, Nor do they understand His purpose and plan; For He has gathered them (Gentiles) like sheaves to the threshing floor [for destruction]. Christian Standard Bible But they do not know the LORD’s intentions or understand his plan, that he has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor. Holman Christian Standard Bible But they do not know the LORD’s intentions or understand His plan, that He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor. American Standard Version 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English But they have not known the reasonings of LORD JEHOVAH, and they have not understood his thoughts, for he gathered them as the ears of corn of a threshing floor Brenton Septuagint Translation But they know not the thought of the Lord, and have not understood his counsel: for he has gathered them as sheaves of the floor. Contemporary English Version But they don't know that I, the LORD, have gathered them here to grind them like grain. Douay-Rheims Bible 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. English Revised Version But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he hath gathered them as the sheaves to the threshingfloor. GOD'S WORD® Translation They don't know the thoughts of the LORD or understand his plan. He will bring them together like cut grain on the threshing floor. Good News Translation But these nations do not know what is in the LORD's mind. They do not realize that they have been gathered together to be punished in the same way that grain is brought in to be threshed. International Standard Version But they don't know the thoughts of the LORD, and they don't understand his tactics, for he will gather them like harvested grain to his threshing floor. JPS Tanakh 1917 But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, Neither understand they His counsel; For He hath gathered them as the sheaves to the threshing-floor. Literal Standard Version They have not known the thoughts of YHWH, | Nor have they understood His counsel, | For He has gathered them as a sheaf [into] a threshing-floor. Majority Standard Bible But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD or understand His plan, for He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor. New American Bible But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD, nor understand his plan: He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor. NET Bible But they do not know what the LORD is planning; they do not understand his strategy. He has gathered them like stalks of grain to be threshed at the threshing floor. New Revised Standard Version 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. New Heart English Bible But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD, neither do they understand his counsel; for he has gathered them like the sheaves to the threshing floor. Webster's Bible Translation But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he will gather them as sheaves into the floor. World English Bible But they don’t know the thoughts of Yahweh, neither do they understand his counsel; for he has gathered them like the sheaves to the threshing floor. Young's Literal Translation They have not known the thoughts of Jehovah, Nor have they understood His counsel, For He hath gathered them as a sheaf into a threshing-floor. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Restoration of Zion…11But now many nations have assembled against you, saying, “Let her be defiled, and let us feast our eyes on Zion.” 12But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD or understand His plan, for He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor. 13Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion, for I will give you horns of iron and hooves of bronze to break to pieces many peoples. Then you will devote their gain to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.… Cross References Psalm 147:19 He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel. Psalm 147:20 He has done this for no other nation; they do not know His judgments. Hallelujah! Isaiah 10:7 But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations. Isaiah 29:7 All the many nations going out to battle against Ariel--even all who war against her, laying siege and attacking her--will be like a dream, like a vision in the night, Jeremiah 51:20 "You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin. Joel 3:2 I will gather all the nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My people, My inheritance, Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations as they divided up My land. Treasury of Scripture 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. they know. Isaiah 55:8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Romans 11:33,34 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! … for he shall. Isaiah 21:10 O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you. Joel 3:12,13 Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about… Zechariah 14:1-3 Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee… Jump to Previous Able Counsel Floor Gather Gathered Gathers Grain Minds Plan Purpose Sheaf Sheaves Stems Thoughts Threshing Threshing-Floor Understand UnderstoodJump to Next Able Counsel Floor Gather Gathered Gathers Grain Minds Plan Purpose Sheaf Sheaves Stems Thoughts Threshing Threshing-Floor Understand UnderstoodMicah 4 1. The glory,5. and the peace of Christ's kingdom. 6. The restoration, 11. and victory of the church. (12) They know not the thoughts of the Lord.--As a commentary upon this passage, we may compare the message of God with reference to the haughty thoughts of Sennacherib. Then the Lord declared that the Assyrian king was but His instrument in all he had done; so that when he presumed to arrogate to himself the glory of his victories, the Lord revoked his commission: "I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou carnest." And so it came to pass.Verse 12. - But the enemies who came to exult over Zion do not know God's design while blindly working it out. God's people are not to be destroyed, but their adversaries. They know not the thoughts of the Lord. The heathen, who were the instruments of God's wrath against his people, knew nothing of his purpose in thus afflicting them, nor perceived that they themselves were drawn together for punishment. He shall gather (hath gathered) them as the sheaves into the floor. Their blindness is proved by their not perceiving till too late that God has brought them together before Jerusalem, as sheaves are brought into the threshing floor, in order to be broken up and destroyed (comp. Isaiah 21:10; Jeremiah 51:23). The metaphor is carried on in the next verse. Various are the explanations of the prophet's reference in this prophecy. Many commentators see in it a reference to the destruction of the army of Sennacherib (2 Kings 19:35); others discern a defeat of the Scythians after the return from captivity; others, again, place it in the times of the Maccabees; and others interpret it of the defeat of the mystical adversaries of God's Church adumbrated in Ezekiel 38; Zechariah 12; and Revelation 20. But the prophet has not one definite event in view, but looks forward to the general conflict between the powers of the world and the Church, of which the historical events and material enemies were the types. Certain historical circumstances may exactly suit the prediction, but they do not exhaust it. And indeed we do wrong to seek for minute and definite fulfilment of particular predictions. Such utterances are often conditional and are modified by subsequent circumstances. The prophets are concerned with great moral truths and the righteous government of the world, and are not always to be interpreted with literal exactness. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew But theyוְהֵ֗מָּה (wə·hêm·māh) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's 1992: They do not לֹ֤א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no know יָֽדְעוּ֙ (yā·ḏə·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3045: To know the thoughts מַחְשְׁב֣וֹת (maḥ·šə·ḇō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's 4284: A contrivance, a texture, machine, intention, plan of the LORD יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel or וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no understand הֵבִ֖ינוּ (hê·ḇî·nū) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 995: To separate mentally, understand His plan: עֲצָת֑וֹ (‘ă·ṣā·ṯōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 6098: Advice, plan, prudence that כִּ֥י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction He has gathered them קִבְּצָ֖ם (qib·bə·ṣām) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 6908: To gather, collect like sheaves כֶּעָמִ֥יר (ke·‘ā·mîr) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5995: A swath, row of fallen grain to the threshing floor. גֹּֽרְנָה׃ (gō·rə·nāh) Noun - feminine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 1637: A threshing-floor, open area Links Micah 4:12 NIVMicah 4:12 NLT Micah 4:12 ESV Micah 4:12 NASB Micah 4:12 KJV Micah 4:12 BibleApps.com Micah 4:12 Biblia Paralela Micah 4:12 Chinese Bible Micah 4:12 French Bible Micah 4:12 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Micah 4:12 But they don't know the thoughts (Mc Mic. 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