Micah 1:4
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
The mountainsהֶֽהָרִים֙
(he·ha·rim)
2022: mountain, hill, hill countryof uncertain derivation
will meltוְנָמַ֤סּוּ
(ve·na·mas·su)
4549: to dissolve, melta prim. root
underתַּחְתָּ֔יו
(tach·tav,)
8478: underneath, below, instead ofa prim. root
Him And the valleysוְהָעֲמָקִ֖ים
(ve·ha·'a·ma·kim)
6010: a valefrom amoq
will be split,יִתְבַּקָּ֑עוּ
(yit·bak·ka·'u;)
1234: to cleave, break open or througha prim. root
Like waxכַּדֹּונַג֙
(kad·do·v·nag)
1749: wax (as melting)from an unused word
before 
 
4480: froma prim. preposition
the fire,הָאֵ֔שׁ
(ha·'esh,)
784: a firea prim. root
Like waterכְּמַ֖יִם
(ke·ma·yim)
4325: waters, watera prim. root
poured downמֻגָּרִ֥ים
(mug·ga·rim)
5064: to pour, flow, runa prim. root
a steep place.בְּמֹורָֽד׃
(be·mo·v·rad.)
4174: a descent, slopefrom yarad


















KJV Lexicon
And the mountains
har  (har)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively) -- hill (country), mount(-ain), promotion.
shall be molten
macac  (maw-sas')
to liquefy; figuratively, to waste (with disease), to faint (with fatigue, fear or grief) -- discourage, faint, be loosed, melt (away), refuse, utterly.
under him and the valleys
`emeq  (ay'-mek)
a vale (i.e. broad depression) -- dale, vale, valley (often used as a part of proper names).
shall be cleft
baqa`  (baw-kah')
to cleave; generally, to rend, break, rip or open
as wax
downag  (do-nag')
wax; --wax.
before
paniym  (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
the fire
'esh  (aysh)
fire -- burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
and as the waters
mayim  (mah'-yim)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring).
that are poured
nagar  (naw-gar')
to flow; figuratively, to stretch out; causatively, to pour out or down; figuratively, to deliver over -- fall, flow away, pour down (out), run, shed, spilt, trickle down.
down a steep place
mowrad  (mo-rawd')
a descent; as architecture, an ornamental appendage, perhaps a festoon -- going down, steep place, thin work.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
The mountains will melt under Him And the valleys will be split, Like wax before the fire, Like water poured down a steep place.

King James Bible
And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax near a fire, like water cascading down a mountainside.

International Standard Version
The mountains will melt under him and the valleys will split apart, like wax in the presence of fire and like water gushing down a steep incline.

NET Bible
The mountains will disintegrate beneath him, and the valleys will be split in two. The mountains will melt like wax in a fire, the rocks will slide down like water cascading down a steep slope.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Mountains will melt under him like wax near a fire. Valleys will split apart like water pouring down a steep hill.

King James 2000 Bible
And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be split, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.
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