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Judgment to Come

Micah 1:3

In 11 translations

BSB
For behold, the LORD comes forth from His dwelling place; He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.
KJV
For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
WEB
For behold, Yahweh comes out of his place, and will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
ASV
For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
LSV
For behold, YHWH is going out from His place, || And He has come down, || And has trodden on high places of earth.
YLT
For lo, Jehovah is going out from His place, And He hath come down, And hath trodden on high places of earth.
DBY
For behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
DRC
For behold the Lord will come forth out of his place: and he will come down, and will tread upon the high places of the earth.
GNV
For beholde, the Lord commeth out of his place, and will come downe, and tread vpon the hie places of the earth.
JPS
For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of His place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
LXXE
For, behold, the Lord comes forth out of his place, and will come down, and will go upon the high places of the earth.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • Leningrad Codex reads בָּ֥מֳותֵי; read aloud (Qere) reads בָּ֥מֳתֵי (“[the] high places of”).
  • Written (Ketiv): בָּמוֹתֵי. Read aloud (Qere): בָּ֥מֳתֵי (“[the] high places of”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.

Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.

Original-language editions

WLC
כִּֽי־הִנֵּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה יֹצֵ֣א מִמְּקוֹמ֑וֹ וְיָרַ֥ד וְדָרַ֖ךְ עַל־במותי אָֽרֶץ׃Read aloud as (qere): בָּ֥מֳתֵי
LXX-Br
Διότι ἰδοὺ Κύριος ἐκπορεύεται ἐκ τοῦ τόπου αὐτοῦ, καὶ καταβήσεται, καὶ ἐπιβήσεται ἐπὶ τὰ ὕψη τῆς γῆς,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Amos 4:13For behold, He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind and reveals His thoughts to man, who turns the dawn to darkness and strides on the heights of the earth— the LORD, the God of Hosts, is His name.”
  • Isaiah 26:21For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.
  • Deuteronomy 32:13He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,
  • Habakkuk 3:19GOD the Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like those of a deer; He makes me walk upon the heights! For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments.
  • Psalms 115:3Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases.
  • Isaiah 25:10For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain. But Moab will be trampled in his place as straw is trodden into the dung pile.
  • Deuteronomy 33:29Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.”
  • Job 40:12Look on every proud man and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand.
  • Isaiah 64:1–2If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence, as fire kindles the brushwood and causes the water to boil, to make Your name known to Your enemies, so that the nations…
  • Ezekiel 3:12Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me: ‘Blessed be the glory of the LORD in His dwelling place!’
  • Hosea 5:14–15For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them. Then I will return to My place…
  • Isaiah 2:10–19Go into the rocks and hide in the dust from the terror of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty. The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that…
  • Isaiah 63:3–4“I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained. For the day…

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