11 translations · Hebrew
Micah 6:1
Listen now to what Yahweh says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear what you have to say.
Micah 6:1 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Listen now to what Yahweh says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear what you have to say.
- KJV King James Version
- Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Hear now what the LORD says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Now hear that which YHWH is saying: “Rise—strive with the mountains, || And cause the hills to hear your voice.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Listen to what the Lord is saying. Stand up and plead your case. Let the mountains and the hills hear your voice.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- Hear, I pray you, that which Jehovah is saying: 'Rise — strive thou with the mountains, And cause thou the hills to hear thy voice.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Listen now to what the LORD says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear what you have to say.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Hear ye what the Lord saith: Arise, contend thou in judgment against the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| שִׁמְעוּ־ | šim·‘ū- | Hear | H8085 שָׁמַע to hear: hear |
| נָ֕א | nā | now | H4994 נָא please |
| אֵ֥ת | ’êṯ | — | H853 אֵת [Obj.] |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ’ă·šer- | what | H834 אֲשֶׁר which |
| יְהוָ֖ה | Yah·weh | the LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| אֹמֵ֑ר | ’ō·mêr | says | H559 אָמַר to say |
| ק֚וּם | qūm | Arise | H6965 קָמָי (Leb)-kamai |
| רִ֣יב | rîḇ | plead your case | H7378 רִיב to contend |
| אֶת־ | ’eṯ- | before | H854 אֵת with |
| הֶהָרִ֔ים | he·hā·rîm | the mountains | H2022 הַר mountain: mount |
| וְתִשְׁמַ֥עְנָה | wə·ṯiš·ma‘·nāh | hear | H8085 שָׁמַע to hear: hear |
| הַגְּבָע֖וֹת | hag·gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ | and let the hills | H1389 גִּבְעָה Gibeath-(elohim) |
| קוֹלֶֽךָ׃ | qō·w·le·ḵā | your voice | H6963 קוֹל voice |
Related verses
- Jeremiah 22:29
O earth, earth, earth, hear Yahweh’s word!
- Deuteronomy 32:1
Give ear, you heavens, and I will speak. Let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
- Micah 1:2
Hear, you peoples, all of you. Listen, O earth, and all that is therein: and let the Lord Yahweh be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
- Ezekiel 36:1
You, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, “You mountains of Israel, hear Yahweh’s word.
- Psalm 50:4
He calls to the heavens above, to the earth, that he may judge his people:
- Deuteronomy 4:26
I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will soon utterly perish from off the land which you go over the Jordan to possess it. You will not prolong your days on it, but will utterly be destroyed.
- Isaiah 1:2
Hear, heavens, and listen, earth; for Yahweh has spoken: “I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
- Ezekiel 36:8
“‘“But you, mountains of Israel, you shall shoot out your branches, and yield your fruit to my people Israel; for they are at hand to come.
- Psalm 50:1
The Mighty One, God, Yahweh, speaks, and calls the earth from sunrise to sunset.
- Luke 19:40
He answered them, “I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out.”
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
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 controversy, and you enduring foundations of the earth; for Yahweh has a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.
3 My people, what have I done to you? How have I burdened you? Answer me!
Read all of Micah 6 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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