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Micah 7

Mic. 7:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Rejoice
samach (Hebrew #8055)
probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
KJV usage: cheer up, be (make) glad, (have, make) joy(-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, X very.
Pronounce: saw-makh'
Origin: a primitive root
not against me, O mine enemy
'oyeb (Hebrew #341)
active participle of 340; hating; an adversary
KJV usage: enemy, foe.
Pronounce: o-yabe'
Origin: or (fully) owyeb {o-yabe'}
: wheni I fall
naphal (Hebrew #5307)
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (X hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, X surely, throw down.
Pronounce: naw-fal'
Origin: a primitive root
, I shall arise
quwm (Hebrew #6965)
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
KJV usage: abide, accomplish, X be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, X be dim, endure, X enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, X but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-)rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-)stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, - rising).
Pronounce: koom
Origin: a primitive root
; when I sit
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
in darkness
choshek (Hebrew #2822)
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
KJV usage: dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
Pronounce: kho-shek'
Origin: from 2821
, the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
shall be a light
'owr (Hebrew #216)
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
KJV usage: bright, clear, + day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
Pronounce: ore
Origin: from 215
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Psa. 37:24• 24though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down, for Jehovah upholdeth his hand. (Psa. 37:24)
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Prov. 24:16• 16For the righteous falleth seven times, and riseth up again; but the wicked stumble into disaster. (Prov. 24:16)
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Psa. 27:1• 1A Psalm of David. Jehovah is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? (Psa. 27:1)

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Rejoice.
Job 31:29• 29If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, and exulted when evil befell him; (Job 31:29)
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Psa. 13:4‑6• 4Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him! lest mine adversaries be joyful when I am moved.
 5As for me, I have confided in thy loving-kindness; my heart shall be joyful in thy salvation.
 6I will sing unto Jehovah, for he hath dealt bountifully with me. (Psa. 13:4‑6)
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Psa. 35:15‑16,19,24‑26• 15But at my halting they rejoiced, and gathered together: the slanderers gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
 16With profane jesters for bread, they have gnashed their teeth against me.
 19Let not them that are wrongfully mine enemies rejoice over me; let them not wink with the eye that hate me without cause.
 24Judge me, Jehovah my God, according to thy righteousness, and let them not rejoice over me.
 25Let them not say in their heart, Aha! so would we have it. Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
 26Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine adversity; let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me. (Psa. 35:15‑16,19,24‑26)
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Psa. 38:16• 16For I said, Let them not rejoice over me! When my foot slipped, they magnified themselves against me. (Psa. 38:16)
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Prov. 24:17‑18• 17Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth;
 18lest Jehovah see it, and it be evil in his sight, and he turn away his anger from him. (Prov. 24:17‑18)
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Jer. 50:11• 11For ye rejoiced, for ye triumphed, ye plunderers of my heritage; for ye have been wanton as the heifer at grass, and neighed as steeds. (Jer. 50:11)
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Lam. 4:21‑22• 21Rejoice and be glad, daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz: the cup shall pass also unto thee; thou shalt be drunken, and make thyself naked.
 22The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity. He will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins. (Lam. 4:21‑22)
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Ezek. 25:6• 6For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because thou hast clapped the hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced with all the despite of thy soul against the land of Israel; (Ezek. 25:6)
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Ezek. 35:15• 15As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolated, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be a desolation, O mount Seir, and all Edom, the whole of it: and they shall know that I am Jehovah. (Ezek. 35:15)
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Obad. 12• 12But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day of his disaster; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; nor have opened wide thy mouth in the day of distress. (Obad. 12)
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John 16:20• 20Verily, verily, I say to you, that ye shall weep and lament, ye, but the world shall rejoice; and ye will be grieved, but your grief shall be turned to joy. (John 16:20)
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Rev. 11:10‑12• 10And they that dwell upon the earth rejoice over them, and are full of delight, and shall send gifts one to another, because these, the two prophets, tormented them that dwell upon the earth.
 11And after the three days and a half the spirit of life from God came into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon those beholding them.
 12And I heard a great voice out of the heaven saying to them, Come up here; and they went up to the heaven in the cloud, and their enemies beheld them. (Rev. 11:10‑12)
when I fall.
Psa. 37:21• 21The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again; but the righteous is gracious and giveth: (Psa. 37:21)
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Psa. 41:10‑12• 10But thou, Jehovah, be gracious unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.
 11By this I know that thou delightest in me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
 12But as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever. (Psa. 41:10‑12)
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Prov. 24:16• 16For the righteous falleth seven times, and riseth up again; but the wicked stumble into disaster. (Prov. 24:16)
when I sit.
Psa. 107:10‑15• 10Such as inhabit darkness and the shadow of death, bound in affliction and iron,
 11Because they had rebelled against the words of *God, and had despised the counsel of the Most High; …
 12And he bowed down their heart with labour; they stumbled, and there was none to help:
 13Then they cried unto Jehovah in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses;
 14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands in sunder.
 15Let them give thanks unto Jehovah for his loving-kindness, and for his wondrous works to the children of men; (Psa. 107:10‑15)
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Psa. 112:4• 4Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness; he is gracious, and merciful, and righteous. (Psa. 112:4)
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Isa. 9:2• 2the people that walked in darkness have seen a great light; they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them light hath shone. (Isa. 9:2)
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Isa. 49:9• 9saying to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pasture shall be on all bare hills. (Isa. 49:9)
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Isa. 50:10• 10Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that hearkeneth to the voice of his servant? he that walketh in darkness, and hath no light,--let him confide in the name of Jehovah, and stay himself upon his God. (Isa. 50:10)
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Matt. 4:16• 16--the people sitting in darkness has seen a great light, and to those sitting in the country and shadow of death, to them has light sprung up. (Matt. 4:16)
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Luke 1:78‑79• 78on account of the bowels of mercy of our God; wherein the dayspring from on high has visited us,
 79to shine upon them who were sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. (Luke 1:78‑79)
the Lord.
Psa. 27:1• 1A Psalm of David. Jehovah is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? (Psa. 27:1)
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Psa. 84:11• 11For Jehovah Elohim is a sun and shield: Jehovah will give grace and glory; no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. (Psa. 84:11)
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Psa. 97:11• 11Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart. (Psa. 97:11)
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Psa. 112:4• 4Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness; he is gracious, and merciful, and righteous. (Psa. 112:4)
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Isa. 2:5• 5House of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of Jehovah. (Isa. 2:5)
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Isa. 60:1‑3,19‑20• 1Arise, shine! for thy light is come, and the glory of Jehovah is risen upon thee.
 2For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the peoples; but Jehovah will arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen on thee.
 3And the nations shall walk by thy light, and kings by the brightness of thy rising.
 19The sun shall be no more thy light by day, neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee; but Jehovah shall be thine everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
 20Thy sun shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon withdraw itself; for Jehovah shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. (Isa. 60:1‑3,19‑20)
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Mal. 4:2• 2And unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth and leap like fatted calves. (Mal. 4:2)
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John 8:12• 12Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world; he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. (John 8:12)
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Acts 26:18• 18to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me. (Acts 26:18)
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2 Cor. 4:6• 6Because it is the God who spoke that out of darkness light should shine who has shone in our hearts for the shining forth of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. (2 Cor. 4:6)
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Rev. 21:23• 23And the city has no need of the sun nor of the moon, that they should shine for it; for the glory of God has enlightened it, and the lamp thereof is the Lamb. (Rev. 21:23)
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Rev. 22:5• 5And night shall not be any more, and no need of a lamp, and light of the sun; for the Lord God shall shine upon them, and they shall reign to the ages of ages. (Rev. 22:5)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Rejoice not against me, O mine enemym: though I fall, I shall arisen; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah shall be a light unto me.

JND Translation Notes

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Feminine. see ver. 10.
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* Lit. "when I have fallen I have arisen."