Micah 5:2

From Textus Receptus

But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

'Goings Forth' or 'Origin'

The word translated in the KJV as "going forth" [hebrew:mowtsa] is translated in other versions as "origins" - RSV, cf. JB, NEB, REB, NAB, NIV, AT, Mo, NRSV, NJB, Byington, and Young's. So the verse says Jesus had an “origin” or “originated (Hebrew “motsaah”). This is also used by the Jehovah's Witnesses. Origin means to " come into existence" - Webster's New World Dictionary, 1973. Micah 5:1 in The Jewish Publication Society's Bible translation, Tanakh). The NIV Study Bible, in a footnote for Micah 5:2 refers to Jesus': "origins...from of old. His beginnings were much earlier than his human birth."