# Micah 6 ## Micah 6:1 - [KJV] Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. - [ASV] Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. - [YLT] Hear, I pray you, that which Jehovah is saying: 'Rise -- strive thou with the mountains, And cause thou the hills to hear thy voice.' ### Notes on Micah 6:1 - ## Micah 6:2 - [KJV] Hear 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. - [ASV] Hear, O ye mountains, Jehovah's controversy, and ye enduring foundations of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel. - [YLT] Hear, O mountains, the strife of Jehovah, Ye strong ones -- foundations of earth! For a strife *is* to Jehovah, with His people, And with Israel He doth reason. ### Notes on Micah 6:2 - ## Micah 6:3 - [KJV] O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me. - [ASV] O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me. - [YLT] O My people, what have I done to thee? And what -- have I wearied thee? Testify against Me. ### Notes on Micah 6:3 - ## Micah 6:4 - [KJV] For 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. - [ASV] For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. - [YLT] For I brought thee up from the land of Egypt, And from the house of servants I have ransomed thee, And I send before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. ### Notes on Micah 6:4 - ## Micah 6:5 - [KJV] O 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. - [ASV] O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him; *remember* from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteous acts of Jehovah. - [YLT] O My people, remember, I pray you, What counsel did Balak king of Moab, What answer him did Balaam son of Beor, (From Shittim unto Gilgal,) In order to know the righteous acts of Jehovah.' ### Notes on Micah 6:5 - ## Micah 6:6 - [KJV] Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, *and* bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? - [ASV] Wherewith shall I come before Jehovah, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves a year old? - [YLT] With what do I come before Jehovah? Do I bow to God Most High? Do I come before Him with burnt-offerings? With calves -- sons of a year? ### Notes on Micah 6:6 - ## Micah 6:7 - [KJV] Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, *or* with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn *for* my transgression, the fruit of my body *for* the sin of my soul? - [ASV] will Jehovah be pleased with thousands of rams, *or* with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? - [YLT] Is Jehovah pleased with thousands of rams? With myriads of streams of oil? Do I give my first-born *for* my transgression? The fruit of my body *for* the sin of my soul? ### Notes on Micah 6:7 - ## Micah 6:8 - [KJV] He hath shewed thee, O man, what *is* good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? - [ASV] He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with thy God? - [YLT] He hath declared to thee, O man, what *is* good; Yea, what is Jehovah requiring of thee, Except -- to do judgment, and love kindness, And lowly to walk with thy God? ### Notes on Micah 6:8 - ## Micah 6:9 - [KJV] The LORD'S voice crieth unto the city, and *the man of* wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. - [ASV] The voice of Jehovah crieth unto the city, and *the man of* wisdom will see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. - [YLT] A voice of Jehovah to the city calleth, And wisdom doth fear Thy name, Hear ye the rod, and Him who appointed it. ### Notes on Micah 6:9 - ## Micah 6:10 - [KJV] Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure *that is* abominable? - [ASV] Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure that is abominable? - [YLT] Are there yet *in* the house of the wicked Treasures of wickedness, And the abhorred scanty ephah? ### Notes on Micah 6:10 - ## Micah 6:11 - [KJV] Shall I count *them* pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? - [ASV] Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights? - [YLT] Do I reckon *it* pure with balances of wickedness? And with a bag of deceitful stones? ### Notes on Micah 6:11 - ## Micah 6:12 - [KJV] For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue *is* deceitful in their mouth. - [ASV] For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. - [YLT] Whose rich ones have been full of violence, And its inhabitants have spoken falsehood, And their tongue *is* deceitful in their mouth. ### Notes on Micah 6:12 - ## Micah 6:13 - [KJV] Therefore also will I make *thee* sick in smiting thee, in making *thee* desolate because of thy sins. - [ASV] Therefore I also have smitten thee with a grievous wound; I have made thee desolate because of thy sins. - [YLT] And I also, I have begun to smite thee, To make desolate, because of thy sins. ### Notes on Micah 6:13 - ## Micah 6:14 - [KJV] Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down *shall be* in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and *that* which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword. - [ASV] Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy humiliation shall be in the midst of thee: and thou shalt put away, but shalt not save; and that which thou savest will I give up to the sword. - [YLT] Thou -- thou eatest, and thou art not satisfied, And thy pit *is* in thy midst, And thou removest, and dost not deliver, And that which thou deliverest, to a sword I give. ### Notes on Micah 6:14 - ## Micah 6:15 - [KJV] Thou 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. - [ASV] Thou shalt sow, but shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but shalt not anoint thee with oil; and the vintage, but shalt not drink the wine. - [YLT] Thou -- thou sowest, and thou dost not reap, Thou -- thou treadest the olive, And thou pourest not out oil, And new wine -- and thou drinkest not wine. ### Notes on Micah 6:15 - ## Micah 6:16 - [KJV] For 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. - [ASV] For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I may make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing: and ye shall bear the reproach of my people. - [YLT] And kept habitually are the statutes of Omri, And all the work of the house of Ahab, And ye do walk in their counsels, For My giving thee for a desolation, And its inhabitants for a hissing, And the reproach of My people ye do bear! ### Notes on Micah 6:16 -