King James Version · full chapter
Micah 6
16 verses · King James Version
- 1Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.Compare translations of Micah 6:1
- 2Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD’S controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.Compare translations of Micah 6:2
- 3O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.Compare translations of Micah 6:3
- 4For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.Compare translations of Micah 6:4
- 5O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.Compare translations of Micah 6:5
- 6Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?Compare translations of Micah 6:6
- 7Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn my transgression, the fruit of my body the sin of my soul?Compare translations of Micah 6:7
- 8He hath shewed thee, O man, what good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?Compare translations of Micah 6:8
- 9The LORD’S voice crieth unto the city, and wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.Compare translations of Micah 6:9
- 10Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure abominable?Compare translations of Micah 6:10
- 11Shall I count pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?Compare translations of Micah 6:11
- 12For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue deceitful in their mouth.Compare translations of Micah 6:12
- 13Therefore also will I make sick in smiting thee, in making desolate because of thy sins.Compare translations of Micah 6:13
- 14Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.Compare translations of Micah 6:14
- 15Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.Compare translations of Micah 6:15
- 16For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.Compare translations of Micah 6:16