Micah 4:9
Why do you now cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished so that anguish grips you like a woman in labor?
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ASV
Now why dost thou cry out aloud? Is there no king in thee, is thy counsellor perished, that pangs have taken hold of thee as of a woman in travail?
KJV
Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.
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Commentary
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14 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| עַתָּ֕ה | 'a.Tah | now | H6258 → |
| לָ֥מָּה | La.mah | <to> why? | H4100 → |
| תָרִ֖יעִי | ta.Ri.'i | do you shout | H7321 → |
| רֵ֑עַ | Re.a' | shouting | H7452 → |
| הֲמֶ֣לֶךְ | ha.Me.lekh | ¿ a king | H4428 → |
| אֵֽין־ | 'ein- | [is] there not | H369 → |
| בָּ֗ךְ | Bakh | in you | |
| אִֽם־ | 'im- | or? | H518 → |
| יוֹעֲצֵךְ֙ | yo.'a.tzeKh | counselor your | H3289 → |
| אָבָ֔ד | 'a.Vad | has he perished | H6 → |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → |
| הֶחֱזִיקֵ֥ךְ | he.che.zi.Kekh | it has taken hold of you | H2388 → |
| חִ֖יל | chil | anguish | H2427 → |
| כַּיּוֹלֵדָֽה׃ | kai.yo.le.Dah | like <the> [woman] giving birth | H3205 → |
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