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Bible References
And thou Bethlehem, [in] the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel. (Matthew 2:6 KJV)
And thou Bethlehem, land of Judah, Art in no wise least among the princes of Judah: For out of thee shall come forth a governor, Who shall be shepherd of my people Israel. (Matthew 2:6 ASV)
And *thou* Bethlehem, land of Juda, art in no wise the least among the governors of Juda; for out of thee shall go forth a leader who shall shepherd my people Israel. (Matthew 2:6 DBY)
‘You Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way least among the princes of Judah: for out of you shall come forth a governor, who shall shepherd my people, Israel.’ (Matthew 2:6 WEB)
And thou, Beth-Lehem, the land of Judah, thou art by no means the least among the leaders of Judah, for out of thee shall come one leading, who shall feed My people Israel.'(Matthew 2:6 YLT)
Interlinear KJV
Mt 2:6 And /kai/ thou /su/ Bethlehem, /Bethleem/ in the land /ge/ of Juda, /Iouda/ art /ei/ not /oudamos/ the least /elachistos/ among /en/ the princes /hegemon/ of Juda: /Iouda/ for /gar/ out of /ek/ thee /sou/ shall come /exerchomai/ a Governor, /hegeomai/ that /hostis/ shall rule /poimaino/ my /mou/ people /laos/ Israel. /Israel/ {rule: or, feed}
John Wesley’s Notes on the Old and New Testament
Verse 6. Thou art in nowise the least among the princes of Judah– That is, among the cities belonging to the princes or heads of thousands in Judah. When this and several other quotations from the Old Testament are compared with the original, it plainly appears, the apostles did not always think it necessary exactly to transcribe the passages they cited, but contented themselves with giving the general sense, though with some diversity of language. The words of Micah, which we render,
Though thou be little, may be rendered, Art thou little? And then the difference which seems to be here between the prophet and the evangelist vanishes away. Mic 5:2.
Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary
Verse 6. And thou, Bethlehem, in the land of Juda–the “in” being familiarly left out, as we say, “London, Middlesex.”
art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, &c.–This quotation, though differing verbally, agrees substantially with the Hebrew and the Septuagint. For says the prophet, “Though thou be little, yet out of thee shall come the Ruler”–this honor more than compensating for its natural insignificance; while our Evangelist, by a lively turn, makes him say, “Thou art not the least: for out of thee shall come a Governor”–this distinction lifting it from the lowest to the highest rank. The “thousands of Juda,” in the prophet, mean the subordinate divisions of the tribe: our Evangelist, instead of these, merely names the “princes” or heads of these families, including the districts which they occupied
that shall rule–or “feed,” as in the Margin.
my people Israel–In the Old Testament, kings are, by a beautiful figure, styled “shepherds” (Eze 34:1-10, &c.). The classical writers use the same figure. The pastoral rule of Jehovah and Messiah over His people is a representation pervading all Scripture, and rich in import. (See Ps 23:1-6; Isa 40:11; Eze 37:24; Joh 10:11; Re 7:17). That this prophecy of Micah referred to the Messiah, was admitted by the ancient Rabbins.