Micah 6:1

In 11 translations

BSB

Hear now what the LORD says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.

KJV

Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.before: or, with

WEB

Listen now to what Yahweh says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear what you have to say.

ASV

Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

LSV

Now hear that which YHWH is saying: “Rise—strive with the mountains, || And cause the hills to hear your voice.

YLT

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

Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

DRC

Hear ye what the Lord saith: Arise, contend thou in judgment against the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

GNV

Hearken ye nowe what the Lord sayth, Arise thou, and contende before the mountaines, and let the hilles heare thy voyce.

JPS

Hear ye now what the LORD saith: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

LXXE

Hear now a word: the Lord God has said; Arise, plead with the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

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Original-language editions

WLC

שִׁמְעוּ־נָ֕א אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־יְהוָ֖ה אֹמֵ֑ר ק֚וּם רִ֣יב אֶת־הֶהָרִ֔ים וְתִשְׁמַ֥עְנָה הַגְּבָע֖וֹת קוֹלֶֽךָ׃

LXX-Br

Ἀκούσατε δὴ λόγον· Κύριος Κύριος εἶπεν, ἀνάστηθι, κρίθητι πρὸς τὰ ὄρη, καὶ ἀκουσάτωσαν βουνοὶ φωνήν σου.

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• Jeremiah 22:29O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD!
• Deuteronomy 32:1Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
• Micah 1:2Hear, O peoples, all of you; listen, O earth, and everyone in it! May the Lord GOD bear witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple.
• Ezekiel 36:1“And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say: O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD.
• Psalms 50:4He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:
• Isaiah 1:2Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.
• Deuteronomy 4:26I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.
• Ezekiel 36:8But you, O mountains of Israel, will produce branches and bear fruit for My people Israel, for they will soon come home.
• Psalms 50:1The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from where the sun rises to where it sets.
• Luke 19:40“I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”
• Micah 1:4The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.
• Ezekiel 37:4And He said to me, “Prophesy concerning these bones and tell them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD!
• Jeremiah 13:15Listen and give heed. Do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken.
• Isaiah 2:12–14For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted— it will be humbled— against all the cedars of Lebanon, lofty and lifted up, against all the oaks of Bashan,…
• Amos 3:1Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:
• 1 Samuel 15:16“Stop!” exclaimed Samuel. “Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.” “Tell me,” Saul replied.

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