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World English Bible

Micah 6 (WEBP)

[1] Listen now to what Yahweh says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear what you have to say.
[2] Hear, you mountains, Yahweh’s indictment, and you enduring foundations of the earth; for Yahweh has a case against his people, and he will contend with Israel.
[3] My people, what have I done to you? How have I burdened you? Answer me!
[4] For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage. I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
[5] My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of Yahweh.”
[6] How shall I come before Yahweh, and bow myself before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?
[7] Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams? With tens of thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my disobedience? The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
[8] He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
[9] Yahweh’s voice calls to the city— and wisdom fears your name— “Listen to the rod, and he who appointed it.
[10] Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a short ephah that is accursed?
[11] Shall I tolerate dishonest scales, and a bag of deceitful weights?
[12] Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.
[13] Therefore I also have struck you with a grievous wound. I have made you desolate because of your sins.
[14] You shall eat, but not be satisfied. Your hunger will be within you. You will store up, but not save, and that which you save I will give up to the sword.
[15] You will sow, but won’t reap. You will tread the olives, but won’t anoint yourself with oil; and crush grapes, but won’t drink the wine.
[16] For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of Ahab’s house. You walk in their counsels, that I may make you a ruin, and your inhabitants a hissing. You will bear the reproach of my people.”

Micah 6:10 An ephah is a measure of volume (about 22 liters or about ²⁄₃ of a bushel), and a short ephah is made smaller than a full ephah for the purpose of cheating customers.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Micah 6 (KJVS)

[1] Hear () ye now what the Lord saith; () Arise, () contend () thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear () thy voice.
[2] 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.
[3] O my people, what have I done () unto thee? and wherein have I wearied () thee? testify () against me.
[4] 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.
[5] 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.
[6] 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?
[7] 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?
[8] 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?
[9] 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.
[10] Are there yet the treasures of wickedness () in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? ()
[11] Shall I count them pure () with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
[12] For the rich men thereof are full () of violence, and the inhabitants () thereof have spoken () lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
[13] Therefore also will I make thee sick () in smiting () thee, in making thee desolate () because of thy sins.
[14] 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.
[15] 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.
[16] 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.

Micah 6:1 Or, with
Micah 6:6 Heb. sons of a year
Micah 6:7 Heb. belly
Micah 6:8 Heb. humble thyself to walk
Micah 6:9 Or, thy name shall see that which is
Micah 6:10a Or, is there yet unto every man an house of the wicked? etc.
Micah 6:10b Heb. measure of leanness
Micah 6:11 Or, shall I be pure with, etc.
Micah 6:16 Or, astonishment

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Micah 6 (BYZ)

[1] Ἀκούσατε () δὴ () λόγον () κυρίου· () κύριος () εἶπεν Ἀνάστηθι () κρίθητι () πρὸς () τὰ () ὄρη, () καὶ () ἀκουσάτωσαν () οἱ () βουνοὶ () φωνήν () σου. ()
[2] Ἀκούσατε, () βουνοί, () τὴν () κρίσιν () τοῦ () κυρίου, () καὶ () αἱ () φάραγγες () θεμέλια () τῆς () γῆς, () ὅτι () κρίσις () τῷ () κυρίῳ () πρὸς () τὸν () λαὸν () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () μετὰ () τοῦ () Ισραηλ () διελεγχθήσεται.
[3] Λαός () μου, () τί () ἐποίησά () σοι () ἢ () τί () ἐλύπησά () σε () ἢ () τί () παρηνώχλησά () σοι; () Ἀποκρίθητί () μοι. ()
[4] Διότι () ἀνήγαγόν () σε () ἐκ () γῆς () Αἰγύπτου () καὶ () ἐξ () οἴκου () δουλείας () ἐλυτρωσάμην σε () καὶ () ἐξαπέστειλα () πρὸ () προσώπου () σου () τὸν () Μωυσῆν () καὶ () Ααρων () καὶ () Μαριαμ. ()
[5] Λαός () μου, () μνήσθητι () δὴ () τί () ἐβουλεύσατο κατὰ () σοῦ () Βαλακ () βασιλεὺς () Μωαβ, καὶ () τί () ἀπεκρίθη () αὐτῷ () Βαλααμ () υἱὸς () τοῦ () Βεωρ ἀπὸ () τῶν () σχοίνων ἕως () τοῦ () Γαλγαλ, ὅπως () γνωσθῇ () ἡ () δικαιοσύνη () τοῦ () κυρίου. ()
[6] Ἐν () τίνι () καταλάβω () τὸν () κύριον, () ἀντιλήμψομαι θεοῦ () μου () ὑψίστου; () Εἰ () καταλήμψομαι () αὐτὸν () ἐν () ὁλοκαυτώμασιν, () ἐν () μόσχοις () ἐνιαυσίοις;
[7] Εἰ () προσδέξεται () κύριος () ἐν () χιλιάσιν () κριῶν ἢ () ἐν () μυριάσιν () χειμάρρων () πιόνων; Εἰ () δῶ () πρωτότοκά () μου () ἀσεβείας, () καρπὸν () κοιλίας () μου () ὑπὲρ () ἁμαρτίας () ψυχῆς () μου; ()
[8] Εἰ () ἀνηγγέλη () σοι, () ἄνθρωπε, () τί () καλόν; () Ἢ () τί () κύριος () ἐκζητεῖ () παρὰ () σοῦ () ἀλλ’ () ἢ () τοῦ () ποιεῖν () κρίμα () καὶ () ἀγαπᾶν () ἔλεον () καὶ () ἕτοιμον () εἶναι () τοῦ () πορεύεσθαι () μετὰ () κυρίου () θεοῦ () σου; ()
[9] Φωνὴ () κυρίου () τῇ () πόλει () ἐπικληθήσεται, καὶ () σώσει () φοβουμένους τὸ () ὄνομα () αὐτοῦ. () Ἄκουε, () φυλή, () καὶ () τίς () κοσμήσει () πόλιν; ()
[10] Μὴ () πῦρ () καὶ () οἶκος () ἀνόμου () θησαυρίζων () θησαυροὺς () ἀνόμους () καὶ () μετὰ () ὕβρεως () ἀδικία; ()
[11] Εἰ () δικαιωθήσεται () ἐν () ζυγῷ () ἄνομος () καὶ () ἐν () μαρσίππῳ στάθμια δόλου; ()
[12] Ἐξ () ὧν () τὸν () πλοῦτον () αὐτῶν () ἀσεβείας () ἔπλησαν, καὶ () οἱ () κατοικοῦντες () αὐτὴν () ἐλάλουν () ψευδῆ, () καὶ () ἡ () γλῶσσα () αὐτῶν () ὑψώθη () ἐν () τῷ () στόματι () αὐτῶν. ()
[13] Καὶ () ἐγὼ () ἄρξομαι () τοῦ () πατάξαι () σε, () ἀφανιῶ () σε () ἐπὶ () ταῖς () ἁμαρτίαις () σου. ()
[14] Σὺ () φάγεσαι () καὶ () οὐ () μὴ () ἐμπλησθῇς· καὶ () σκοτάσει ἐν () σοὶ () καὶ () ἐκνεύσει, () καὶ () οὐ () μὴ () διασωθῇς· () καὶ () ὅσοι () ἐὰν () διασωθῶσιν, () εἰς () ῥομφαίαν () παραδοθήσονται. ()
[15] Σὺ () σπερεῖς () καὶ () οὐ () μὴ () ἀμήσῃς, () σὺ () πιέσεις () ἐλαίαν () καὶ () οὐ () μὴ () ἀλείψῃ () ἔλαιον, () καὶ () οἶνον () καὶ () οὐ () μὴ () πίητε, () καὶ () ἀφανισθήσεται () νόμιμα λαοῦ () μου. ()
[16] Καὶ () ἐφύλαξας () τὰ () δικαιώματα () Ζαμβρι καὶ () πάντα () τὰ () ἔργα () οἴκου () Αχααβ καὶ () ἐπορεύθητε () ἐν () ταῖς () βουλαῖς () αὐτῶν, () ὅπως () παραδῶ () σε () εἰς () ἀφανισμὸν () καὶ () τοὺς () κατοικοῦντας () αὐτὴν () εἰς () συρισμόν· καὶ () ὀνείδη () λαῶν () λήμψεσθε. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.