Micheas 5:9
Thy hand shall be lifted up over thy enemies, and all thy enemies shall be cut off.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Exaltabitur manus tua super hostes tuos, et omnes inimici tui interibunt.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ὑψωθήσεται ἡ χείρ σου ἐπὶ τοὺς θλίβοντάς σε, καὶ πάντες οἱ ἐχθροί σου ἐξολεθρευθήσονται.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Micheas 5:8
- תָּרֹ֥ם יָדְךָ֖ עַל צָרֶ֑יךָ וְכָל אֹיְבֶ֖יךָ יִכָּרֵֽתוּ
The Fathers on this verse
St John Cassian The Conferences of John Cassian. Part I. Containing Conferences I-X, Chapter XXI. Of the fact that devils struggle with men not without effort on their part
But our belief is that they undertake this struggle not without effort on their part. For in their conflict they themselves have some sort of anxiety and depression, and especially when they are matched with stronger rivals, i.e., saints and perfect men. Otherwise no contest or struggle, but only a simple deception of men, and one free from anxiety on their part would be assigned to them. And how then would the Apostle’s words stand, where he says: “We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against world-rulers of this darkness, against spiritual wickedness in heavenly places;” and this too: “So fight I, not as one that beateth the air;” and again: “I have fought a good fight”? For where it is spoken of as a fight, and conflict, and battle, there must be effort and exertion and anxiety on both sides, and equally there must either be in store for …