11 translations · Hebrew
Micah 6:8
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?
Micah 6:8 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- 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?
- KJV King James Version
- 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?
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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?
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- He has declared to you, O man, what [is] good; Indeed, what is YHWH requiring of you, || Except—to do judgment, and love kindness, || And to walk lowly with your God?
- FBV Free Bible Version
- The Lord has told you what is good, and what the Lord asks from you: to do what is right, to love kindness, and to walk in humility with your God.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- 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?
- DBY Darby Translation
- He hath shewn thee, O man, what is good: and what doth Jehovah require of thee, but to do justly, and to love goodness, and to walk humbly with thy God?
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- He hath shown thee, O man, what is good; and what the LORD doth require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does the LORD require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- I will shew thee, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requireth of thee: Verily, to do judgment, and to love mercy, and to walk solicitous with thy God.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| הִגִּ֥יד | hig·gîḏ | He has shown | H5046 נָגַד to tell |
| לְךָ֛ | lə·ḵā | you | H9005 ל to/for |
| אָדָ֖ם | ’ā·ḏām | O man | H120 אָדָם man |
| מַה־ | mah- | what [is] | H4100 מָה what? |
| טּ֑וֹב | ṭō·wḇ | good | H2896 טוֹב pleasant |
| וּמָֽה־ | ū·māh- | And what | H4100 מָה what? |
| יְהוָ֞ה | Yah·weh | does the LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| דּוֹרֵ֣שׁ | dō·w·rêš | require | H1875 דָּרַשׁ to seek |
| מִמְּךָ֗ | mim·mə·ḵā | of you | H4480 מִן־ from |
| כִּ֣י | kî | — | H3588 כִּי for |
| אִם־ | ’im- | but | H518 אִם if |
| עֲשׂ֤וֹת | ‘ă·śō·wṯ | to act | H6213 עָשָׂה to make: do |
| מִשְׁפָּט֙ | miš·pāṭ | justly | H4941 מִשְׁפָּט justice: judgement |
| וְאַ֣הֲבַת | wə·’a·hă·ḇaṯ | to love | H157 אָהֵב to love: lover |
| חֶ֔סֶד | ḥe·seḏ | mercy | H2617 חֶ֫סֶד kindness |
| וְהַצְנֵ֥עַ | wə·haṣ·nê·a‘ | humbly | H6800 צָנַע be humble |
| לֶ֖כֶת | le·ḵeṯ | and to walk | H1980 הָלַךְ to go: went |
| עִם־ | ‘im- | with | H5973 עִם with |
| אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃פ | ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā | your God | H430 אֱלֹהִים God |
Related verses
- Deuteronomy 10:12–13
Now, Israel, what does Yahweh your God require of you, but to fear Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul, to keep Yahweh’s commandments and statutes, which I command you today for your good?
- Proverbs 21:3
To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.
- Colossians 3:12
Put on therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness, humility, and perseverance;
- Jeremiah 22:3
Yahweh says: “Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong. Do no violence to the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow. Don’t shed innocent blood in this place.
- Hosea 6:6
For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
- 1 Samuel 15:22
Samuel said, “Has Yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying Yahweh’s voice? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.
- Isaiah 66:2
For my hand has made all these things, and so all these things came to be,” says Yahweh: “but to this man will I look, even to he who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.
- 1 Peter 3:8
Finally, be all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tender hearted, courteous,
- 1 Peter 5:5–6
Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you clothe yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.” Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;
- Luke 6:36
“Therefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
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 sees 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?
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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