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| Micah 6:1 | Hear you now what Yahweh says: Arise, contend you before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice. | Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. | Give ear now to the words of the Lord: Up! put forward your cause before the mountains, let your voice be sounding among the hills. |
| Micah 6:2 | Hear, you mountains, Yahweh's controversy, and you enduring foundations of the earth; for Yahweh has a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel. | 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. | Give ear, O you mountains, to the Lord's cause, and take note, you bases of the earth: for the Lord has a cause against his people, and he will take it up with Israel. |
| Micah 6:3 | My people, what have I done to you? and in which have I wearied you? testify against me. | O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me. | O my people, what have I done to you? how have I been a weariness to you? give answer against me. |
| Micah 6:4 | For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage; and I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. | 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. | For I took you up out of the land of Egypt and made you free from the prison-house; I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. |
| Micah 6:5 | My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him; [remember] from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of Yahweh. | 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. | O my people, keep in mind now what was designed by Balak, king of Moab, and the answer which Balaam, son of Beor, gave him; the events, from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may be certain of the upright acts of the Lord. |
| Micah 6:6 | How shall I come before Yahweh, and bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? | 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? | With what am I to come before the Lord and go with bent head before the high God? am I to come before him with burned offerings, with young oxen a year old? |
| Micah 6:7 | Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams, [or] with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my disobedience, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? | 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? | Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of sheep or with ten thousand rivers of oil? am I to give my first child for my wrongdoing, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? |
| Micah 6:8 | He has showed you, man, what is good; and what does Yahweh require of you, but to do justly, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? | 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? | He has made clear to you, O man, what is good; and what is desired from you by the Lord; only doing what is right, and loving mercy, and walking without pride before your God. |
| Micah 6:9 | The voice of Yahweh cries to the city, and [the man of] wisdom will see your name: hear you the rod, and who has appointed it. | 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. | The voice of the Lord is crying out to the town: Give ear, you tribes and the meeting of the town. |
| Micah 6:10 | Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure that is abominable? | Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure that is abominable? | Am I to let the stores of the evil-doer go out of my memory, and the short measure, which is cursed? |
| Micah 6:11 | Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights? | Shall I be pure with wicked balances, and with a bag of deceitful weights? | Is it possible for me to let wrong scales and the bag of false weights go without punishment? |
| Micah 6:12 | For the rich men of it are full of violence, and the inhabitants of it have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. | For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. | For its men of wealth are cruel, and its people have said what is not true, and their tongue is false in their mouth. |
| Micah 6:13 | Therefore I also have struck you with a grievous wound; I have made you desolate because of your sins. | Therefore I also have smitten thee with a grievous wound; I have made thee desolate because of thy sins. | So I have made a start with your punishment; I have made you waste because of your sins. |
| Micah 6:14 | You shall eat, but not be satisfied; and your humiliation shall be in the midst of you: and you shall put away, but shall not save; and that which you save will I give up to the sword. | 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. | You will have food, but not enough; your shame will be ever with you: you will get your goods moved, but you will not take them away safely; and what you do take away I will give to the sword. |
| Micah 6:15 | You shall sow, but shall not reap; you shall tread the olives, but shall not anoint you with oil; and the vintage, but shall not drink the wine. | 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. | You will put in seed, but you will not get in the grain; you will be crushing olives, but your bodies will not be rubbed with the oil; and you will get in the grapes, but you will have no wine. |
| Micah 6:16 | For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and you walk in their counsels; that I may make you a desolation, and the inhabitants of it a hissing: and you shall bear the reproach of my people. | 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. | For you have kept the laws of Omri and all the works of the family of Ahab, and you have been guided by their designs: so that I might make you a cause of wonder and your people a cause of hisses; and the shame of my people will be on you. |
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