Micah 6:1 Parallel Translations

Now listen to what the LORD is saying, "Stand up! Plead your case in front of the mountains, and let the hills listen to your request.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

Give ear now to the words of the Lord: Up! put forward your cause before the mountains, let your voice be sounding among the hills.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

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.'

Micah 6:1 Cross References

XREF:

Micah 5:15 "And I will execute vengeance in anger and wrath On the nations which have not obeyed."

Micah 6:2 "Listen, you mountains, to the indictment of the LORD, And you enduring foundations of the earth, Because the LORD has a case against His people; Even with Israel He will dispute. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

6:1 Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the {a} mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
(a) He took the high mountains and hard rocks as witnesses against the obstinacy of his people.

WES:

6:1 Arise - This is God's command to Micah. Contend thou - Argue the case between God and thy people; and speak as if thou wouldst make the mountains hear thee, to testify for me.

MHC:

6:1-5 The people are called upon to declare why they were weary of God's worship, and prone to idolatry. Sin causes the controversy between God and man. God reasons with us, to teach us to reason with ourselves. Let them remember God's many favours to them and their fathers, and compare with them their unworthy, ungrateful conduct toward him.

CONC:

Arise Case Cause Contend Ear Forward Hills Listen Mountains Plead Rise Saying Says Sounding Stand Strive Voice

Arise Case Cause Contend Ear Forward Hear Hills Mountains Plead Rise Sounding Stand Strive Voice Words

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