11 translations · Hebrew
Micah 7:7
But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
Micah 7:7 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
- KJV King James Version
- Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But as for me, I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
- ASV American Standard Version
- But as for me, I will look unto Jehovah; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- And I—in YHWH I watch, || I wait for the God of my salvation, || My God hears me.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- But as for me, I look to the Lord. I will wait for the God who saves me. My God will hear me.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- And I — in Jehovah I do watch, I do wait for the God of my salvation, Hear me doth my God.
- DBY Darby Translation
- But as for me, I will look unto Jehovah; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Therefore I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- But as for me, I will look to the LORD. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- But I will look towards the Lord, I will wait for God my Saviour: my God will hear me.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַאֲנִי֙ | wa·’ă·nî | But as for me | H589 אֲנִי I |
| בַּיהוָ֣ה | Yah·weh | to the LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| אֲצַפֶּ֔ה | ’ă·ṣap·peh | I will look | H6822 צָפָה to watch |
| אוֹחִ֖ילָה | ’ō·w·ḥî·lāh | I will wait | H3176 יָחַל to wait: wait |
| לֵאלֹהֵ֣י | lê·lō·hê | for the God | H430 אֱלֹהִים God |
| יִשְׁעִ֑י | yiš·‘î | of my salvation | H3468 יֵ֫שַׁע salvation |
| יִשְׁמָעֵ֖נִי | yiš·mā·‘ê·nî | will hear me | H8085 שָׁמַע to hear: hear |
| אֱלֹהָֽי׃ | ’ĕ·lō·hāy | My God | H430 אֱלֹהִים God |
Related verses
- Lamentations 3:25–26
Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Yahweh.
- Psalm 37:7
Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.
- 1 John 5:14–15
This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us. And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.
- Isaiah 45:22
“Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
- Psalm 27:12–14
Don’t deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me, such as breathe out cruelty. I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living. Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.
- Isaiah 25:9
It shall be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he will save us! This is Yahweh! We have waited for him. We will be glad and rejoice in his salvation!”
- Psalm 34:5–6
They looked to him, and were radiant. Their faces shall never be covered with shame. This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
- Psalm 40:1–3
I waited patiently for Yahweh. He turned to me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay. He set my feet on a rock, and gave me a firm place to stand. He has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God. Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in Yahweh.
- Psalm 55:16–17
As for me, I will call on God. Yahweh will save me. Evening, morning, and at noon, I will cry out in distress. He will hear my voice.
- Psalm 25:5
Guide me in your truth, and teach me, For you are the God of my salvation, I wait for you all day long.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
5 Don’t trust in a neighbor. Don’t put confidence in a friend. With the woman lying in your embrace, be careful of the words of your mouth!
6 For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are the men of his own house.
7 But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
8 Don’t rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, Yahweh will be a light to me.
9 I will bear the indignation of Yahweh, because I have sinned against him, until he pleads my case, and executes judgment for me. He will bring me out to the light. I will see his righteousness.
Read all of Micah 7 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
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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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