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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• 24If he falleth, he is not cast down;{HR}For Jehovah upholdeth his hand. (Psa. 37:24)
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Prov. 24:16• 16For a righteous one falleth seven times,{HR}And riseth up again;{HR}But the wicked stumble into disaster. (Prov. 24:16)
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Psa. 27:1• 1Of David.{HR}Jehovah [is] my light and my salvation;{HR}Whom shall I fear?{HR}Jehovah is the fortress of my life;{HR}Of whom shall I be afraid? (Psa. 27:1)

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Rejoice.
Job 31:29• 29If I rejoiced over the ruin of my hater,{HR}And got uplifted when evil found him;— (Job 31:29)
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Psa. 13:4‑6• 4Lest mine enemies say, I have overcome him,{HR}[And] mine adversaries exult when I am moved.
 5But I in thy mercy have trusted;{HR}My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation;
 6I will sing to Jehovah,{HR}For he hath dealt well with me. (Psa. 13:4‑6)
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Psa. 35:15‑16,19,24‑26• 15But in my halting they rejoiced and were gathered together;{HR}The slanderers were gathered together against me,{HR}And I knew it not; they reviled and were not silent,
 16With profane mockers [in] a feast, gnashing upon me [with] their teeth.
 19Let not mine enemies rejoice over me falsely;{HR}My haters without cause wink the eye.
 24Judge me according to thy righteousness,{HR}O Jehovah my God,{HR}And let them not rejoice over me.
 25Let them not say in their heart, Aha, our soul!{HR}Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
 26They shall be ashamed and confounded together who rejoice at my hurt;{HR}They shall be clothed with shame and reproach who magnify themselves against me. (Psa. 35:15‑16,19,24‑26)
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Psa. 38:16• 16For I said, Lest they rejoice over me!{HR}At the moving of my foot they magnified themselves against me. (Psa. 38:16)
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Prov. 24:17‑18• 17Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth,{HR}And let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth;
 18Lest Jehovah see [it], and it be evil in his sight,{HR}And he turn away his anger from him. (Prov. 24:17‑18)
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Jer. 50:11• 11Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls: (Jer. 50:11)
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Lam. 4:21‑22• 21Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz;{HR}The cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked.
 22The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion;{HR}He will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity,{HR}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 thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite 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 desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, Ο mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all 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 that he became a stranger, neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress. (Obad. 12)
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John 16:20• 20Verily, verily, I say to you, Ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice; ye shall be grieved, but your grief shall be turned into joy. (John 16:20)
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Rev. 11:10‑12• 10And those that dwell on the earth rejoice over them and make merry and shall send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those that dwell on the earth.
 11And after the three days and a half the spirit of life from God entered [into] them, and they stood upon their feet, and great fear fell upon those that beheld them.
 12And I heard a loud voice out of the heaven saying to them, Come up hither. 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 [man] borroweth and payeth not,{HR}But the righteous [man] hath compassion and giveth. (Psa. 37:21)
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Psa. 41:10‑12• 10But thou, O Jehovah, be merciful to me,{HR}And raise me up, and I will requite them.
 11By this I know that thou hast delighted in me,{HR}Because mine enemy shall not exult over me.
 12And as for me, thou hast upheld me in mine integrity{HR}And thou settest me before thy face forever. (Psa. 41:10‑12)
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Prov. 24:16• 16For a righteous one falleth seven times,{HR}And riseth up again;{HR}But the wicked stumble into disaster. (Prov. 24:16)
when I sit.
Psa. 107:10‑15• 10Dwellers in darkness and death-shade,{HR}Bound in affliction and iron,
 11Because they resisted the words of God ,{HR}And despised the counsel of the Most High,
 12Therefore (and) he bowed down their heart with labour;{HR}They stumbled, and [there was] no helper.
 13And they cried unto Jehovah in their distress:{HR}Out of their straits he saveth them;
 14He bringeth them out of darkness and death-shade,{HR}And their bonds he rendeth.
 15O that [they] might give thanks to Jehovah{HR}[For] his mercy and his wonders to the sons of men! (Psa. 107:10‑15)
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Psa. 112:4• 4There ariseth in the darkness light for the upright:{HR}Gracious and merciful and righteous [is he]. (Psa. 112:4)
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Isa. 9:2• 2The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them the 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, Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures [shall be] on all bare heights. (Isa. 49:9)
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Isa. 50:10• 10Who [is] among you that feareth Jehovah, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh [in] darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of Jehovah, and stay upon his God. (Isa. 50:10)
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Matt. 4:16• 16{i}-- 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.{/i} (Matt. 4:16)
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Luke 1:78‑79• 78on account of [the] bowels of mercy of our God; whereby [the] day-spring 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• 1Of David.{HR}Jehovah [is] my light and my salvation;{HR}Whom shall I fear?{HR}Jehovah is the fortress of my life;{HR}Of whom shall I be afraid? (Psa. 27:1)
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Psa. 84:11• 11For a sun and a shield [is] Jehovah God;{HR}Grace and glory will Jehovah give,{HR}No good thing will he withhold from those that walk uprightly. (Psa. 84:11)
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Psa. 97:11• 11Light [is] sown for the righteous one,{HR}And gladness for the upright in heart. (Psa. 97:11)
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Psa. 112:4• 4There ariseth in the darkness light for the upright:{HR}Gracious and merciful and righteous [is he]. (Psa. 112:4)
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Isa. 2:5• 5O house 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 upon thee.
 3And nations shall walk in thy light, and kings in 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 unto thee an 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• 2But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth and grow up as calves of the stall. (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 followeth me shall in no wise 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 unto light and the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive remission of sins and inheritance among those that are sanctified by faith that is in me. (Acts 26:18)
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2 Cor. 4:6• 6because it is the God that bade light shine out of darkness, who shone in our hearts for the illumination 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 on it: for the glory of God illumined it, and the Lamb {i}is{/i} the lamp of it. (Rev. 21:23)
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Rev. 22:5• 5And there shall be no night [there] and no need of lamp and sunlight; for the Lord God will illumine them: and they shall reign unto the ages of the 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."

W. Kelly Translation

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

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)