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Description: Judges 17:1
NET Translation: There was a man named Micah from the Ephraimite hill country.
DARBY Translation: And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah.
KJV Translation: And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name [was] Micah.
Verse Intro: Micah and the Unfaithful Levite and Idolatry
Description: Judges 17:4
NET Translation: When he gave the silver back to his mother, she took 200 pieces of silver to a silversmith, who made them into a carved image and a metal image. She then put them in Micah’s house.
DARBY Translation: Now he restored the silver to his mother; and his mother took two hundred silver-pieces and gave them to the founder, and he made of them a graven image and a molten image; and they were in the house of Micah.
KJV Translation: Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred [shekels] of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah.
Description: Judges 17:5
NET Translation: Now this man Micah owned a shrine. He made an ephod and some personal idols and hired one of his sons to serve as a priest.
DARBY Translation: And the man Micah had a house of gods, and made an ephod and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
KJV Translation: And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
Description: Judges 17:8
NET Translation: This man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to find another place to live. He came to the Ephraimite hill country and made his way to Micah’s house.
DARBY Translation: And the man departed from the city, from Bethlehem-Judah, to sojourn where he might find [a place]. And as he journeyed, he came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah.
KJV Translation: And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find [a place]: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed.
Description: Judges 17:9
NET Translation: Micah said to him, “Where do you come from?” He replied, “I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah. I am looking for a new place to live.”
DARBY Translation: And Micah said to him, Whence comest thou? And he said to him, I am a Levite of Bethlehem-Judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find [a place].
KJV Translation: And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I [am] a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find [a place].
Description: Judges 17:10
NET Translation: Micah said to him, “Stay with me. Become my adviser and priest. I will give you ten pieces of silver per year, plus clothes and food.”
DARBY Translation: And Micah said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give thee yearly ten silver-pieces, and a suit of garments, and thy victuals. And the Levite went in.
KJV Translation: And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten [shekels] of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in.
Description: Judges 17:11
NET Translation: So the Levite agreed to stay with the man; the young man was like a son to Micah.
DARBY Translation: And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons.
KJV Translation: And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.
Description: Judges 17:12
NET Translation: Micah paid the Levite; the young man became his priest and lived in Micah’s house.
DARBY Translation: And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
KJV Translation: And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah.
Description: Judges 17:13
NET Translation: Micah said, “Now I know the Lord will make me rich, because I have this Levite as my priest.”
DARBY Translation: Then said Micah, Now I know that Jehovah will do me good, because I have the Levite for priest.
KJV Translation: Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to [my] priest.
Description: Judges 18:2
NET Translation: The Danites sent out from their whole tribe five representatives, capable men from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. They said to them, “Go, explore the land.” They came to the Ephraimite hill country and spent the night at Micah’s house.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Dan sent of their family five men of their whole number, men of valour, from Zoreah and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to examine it; and they said to them, Go, examine the land. And they came to the hill-country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there.
KJV Translation: And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.
Description: Judges 18:3
NET Translation: As they approached Micah’s house, they recognized the accent of the young Levite. So they stopped there and said to him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What is your business here?”
DARBY Translation: When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man, the Levite; and they turned in thither, and said to him, Who brought thee hither? and what doest thou in this [place]? and what hast thou here?
KJV Translation: When they [were] by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this [place]? and what hast thou here?
Description: Judges 18:4
NET Translation: He told them what Micah had done for him, saying, “He hired me, and I became his priest.”
DARBY Translation: And he said to them, Thus and thus has Micah done to me; and he has hired me, and I am his priest.
KJV Translation: And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.
Description: Judges 18:13
NET Translation: From there they traveled through the Ephraimite hill country and arrived at Micah’s house.
DARBY Translation: And they passed thence to mount Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah.
KJV Translation: And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah.
Description: Judges 18:15
NET Translation: They stopped there, went inside the young Levite’s house (which belonged to Micah), and asked him how he was doing.
DARBY Translation: And they turned thither, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, the house of Micah, and inquired after his welfare.
KJV Translation: And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, [even] unto the house of Micah, and saluted him.
Description: Judges 18:18
NET Translation: When these men broke into Micah’s house and stole the carved image, the ephod, the personal idols, and the metal image, the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”
DARBY Translation: And these came into Micah's house, and took the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. And the priest said to them, What do ye?
KJV Translation: And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye?
Description: Judges 18:22
NET Translation: After they had gone a good distance from Micah’s house, Micah’s neighbors gathered together and caught up with the Danites.
DARBY Translation: They were already far from the house of Micah, when the men that were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.
KJV Translation: [And] when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that [were] in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan.
Description: Judges 18:23
NET Translation: When they called out to the Danites, the Danites turned around and said to Micah, “Why have you gathered together?”
DARBY Translation: And they cried to the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said to Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?
KJV Translation: And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?
Description: Judges 18:26
NET Translation: The Danites went on their way; when Micah realized they were too strong to resist, he turned around and went home.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Dan went their way; and Micah saw that they were too strong for him, and he turned and went back to his house.
KJV Translation: And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they [were] too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.
Description: Judges 18:27
NET Translation: Now the Danites took what Micah had made, as well as his priest, and came to Laish, where the people were undisturbed and unsuspecting. They struck them down with the sword and burned the city.
DARBY Translation: And they took that which Micah had made, and the priest that he had had, and came upon Laish, upon a people quiet and secure; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burned the city with fire.
KJV Translation: And they took [the things] which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people [that were] at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.
Description: Judges 18:31
NET Translation: They worshiped Micah’s carved image the whole time God’s authorized shrine was in Shiloh.
DARBY Translation: And they set up for themselves Micah's graven image, which he had made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
KJV Translation: And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh.
Keywords: Hate, Israel, Jehoshaphat, King, Son
Description: 1 Kings 22:8
NET Translation: The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will. But I despise him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah.” Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things.”
DARBY Translation: And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovah; but I hate him, for he prophesies no good concerning me, but evil: [it is] Micah the son of Imlah. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
KJV Translation: And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, [There is] yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
Keywords: Called, Israel, King, Son
Description: 1 Kings 22:9
NET Translation: The king of Israel summoned an official and said, “Quickly bring Micaiah son of Imlah.”
DARBY Translation: Then the king of Israel called a chamberlain, and said, Fetch quickly Micah the son of Imlah.
KJV Translation: Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten [hither] Micaiah the son of Imlah.
Keywords: King, Messenger, Pray
Description: 1 Kings 22:13
NET Translation: Now the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Look, the prophets are in complete agreement that the king will succeed. Your words must agree with theirs; you must predict success.”
DARBY Translation: And the messenger that went to call Micah spoke to him saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets [declare] good to the king with one assent: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak good.
KJV Translation: And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets [declare] good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak [that which is] good.
Description: 1 Kings 22:14
NET Translation: But Micaiah said, “As certainly as the Lord lives, I will say what the Lord tells me to say.”
DARBY Translation: And Micah said, As Jehovah liveth, even what Jehovah shall say to me, that will I speak.
KJV Translation: And Micaiah said, [As] the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak.
Keywords: Deliver, Hand, King
Description: 1 Kings 22:15
NET Translation: When he came before the king, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” He answered him, “Attack! You will succeed; the Lord will hand it over to the king.”
DARBY Translation: And he came to the king. And the king said to him, Micah, shall we go against Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he said to him, Go up, and prosper; for Jehovah will give it into the hand of the king.
KJV Translation: So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver [it] into the hand of the king.
Keywords: Mote, Son, Spirit, Zedekiah
Description: 1 Kings 22:24
NET Translation: Zedekiah son of Kenaanah approached, hit Micaiah on the jaw, and said, “Which way did the Lord’s Spirit go when he went from me to speak to you?”
DARBY Translation: Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micah upon the cheek, and said, Where now went the Spirit of Jehovah from me to speak to thee?
KJV Translation: But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
Keywords: Halt
Description: 1 Kings 22:25
NET Translation: Micaiah replied, “Look, you will see in the day when you go into an inner room to hide.”
DARBY Translation: And Micah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go from chamber to chamber to hide thyself.
KJV Translation: And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
Keywords: Israel, King
Description: 1 Kings 22:26
NET Translation: Then the king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the city official and Joash the king’s son.
DARBY Translation: And the king of Israel said, Take Micah and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
KJV Translation: And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
Description: 1 Kings 22:28
NET Translation: Micaiah said, “If you really do safely return, then the Lord has not spoken through me.” Then he added, “Take note, all you people.”
DARBY Translation: And Micah said, If thou return at all in peace, Jehovah has not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O peoples, all of you!
KJV Translation: And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.
Keywords: Micah
Description: 1 Chronicles 5:5
NET Translation: his son Micah, his son Reaiah, his son Baal,
DARBY Translation: Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,
KJV Translation: Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son,
Keywords: Begat, Jonathan, Son
Description: 1 Chronicles 8:34
NET Translation: The son of Jonathan: Meribbaal. Meribbaal was the father of Micah.
DARBY Translation: And the son of Jonathan was Merib-Baal; and Merib-Baal begot Micah.
KJV Translation: And the son of Jonathan [was] Meribbaal; and Meribbaal begat Micah.
Keywords: Micah
Description: 1 Chronicles 8:35
NET Translation: The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz.
DARBY Translation: And the sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.
KJV Translation: And the sons of Micah [were], Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.
Keywords: Son
Description: 1 Chronicles 9:15
NET Translation: Bakbakkar; Heresh; Galal; Mattaniah son of Mika, son of Zikri, son of Asaph;
DARBY Translation: and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal; and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;
KJV Translation: And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;
Keywords: Begat, Jonathan, Son
Description: 1 Chronicles 9:40
NET Translation: The son of Jonathan: Meribbaal, who was the father of Micah.
DARBY Translation: And the son of Jonathan was Merib-Baal; and Merib-Baal begot Micah.
KJV Translation: And the son of Jonathan [was] Meribbaal: and Meribbaal begat Micah.
Keywords: Micah
Description: 1 Chronicles 9:41
NET Translation: The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, and Ahaz.
DARBY Translation: And the sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea.
KJV Translation: And the sons of Micah [were], Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, [and Ahaz].
Description: 1 Chronicles 23:20
NET Translation: The sons of Uzziel: Micah the oldest, and Isshiah the second.
DARBY Translation: The sons of Uzziel: Micah the head, and Jishijah the second.
KJV Translation: Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah the first, and Jesiah the second.
Description: 1 Chronicles 24:24
NET Translation: The son of Uzziel: Micah; Shamir from the sons of Micah.
DARBY Translation: The sons of Uzziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir;
KJV Translation: [Of] the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir.
Description: 1 Chronicles 24:25
NET Translation: The brother of Micah: Isshiah. Zechariah from the sons of Isshiah.
DARBY Translation: the brother of Micah was Jishijah; of the sons of Jishijah, Zechariah.
KJV Translation: The brother of Michah [was] Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah; Zechariah.
Keywords: Ear
Description: 2 Chronicles 17:7
NET Translation: In the third year of his reign he sent his officials Ben Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah to teach in the cities of Judah.
DARBY Translation: And in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, Ben-hail, and Obadiah, and Zechariah, and Nethaneel, and Micah, to teach in the cities of Judah;
KJV Translation: Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, [even] to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.
Keywords: Hate, Israel, Jehoshaphat, King, Son
Description: 2 Chronicles 18:7
NET Translation: The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord’s will, but I despise him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but always disaster—Micaiah son of Imlah.” Jehoshaphat said, “The king should not say such things!”
DARBY Translation: And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of Jehovah; but I hate him, for he prophesies no good concerning me, but always evil: [it is] Micah the son of Imlah. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
KJV Translation: And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, [There is] yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same [is] Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
Keywords: Called, Israel, King, Son
Description: 2 Chronicles 18:8
NET Translation: The king of Israel summoned an officer and said, “Quickly bring Micaiah son of Imlah.”
DARBY Translation: Then the king of Israel called a chamberlain, and said, Fetch quickly Micah the son of Imlah.
KJV Translation: And the king of Israel called for one [of his] officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla.
Keywords: King, Messenger, Pray
Description: 2 Chronicles 18:12
NET Translation: Now the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Look, the prophets are in complete agreement that the king will succeed. Your words must agree with theirs; you must predict success!”
DARBY Translation: And the messenger that went to call Micah spoke to him saying, Behold, the words of the prophets [declare] good to the king with one assent: let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and declare good.
KJV Translation: And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets [declare] good to the king with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good.
Keywords: God
Description: 2 Chronicles 18:13
NET Translation: But Micaiah said, “As certainly as the Lord lives, I will say what my God tells me to say!”
DARBY Translation: And Micah said, As Jehovah liveth, even what my God shall say, that will I declare.
KJV Translation: And Micaiah said, [As] the LORD liveth, even what my God saith, that will I speak.
Keywords: King
Description: 2 Chronicles 18:14
NET Translation: Micaiah came before the king and the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” He answered him, “Attack! You will succeed; they will be handed over to you.”
DARBY Translation: And he came to the king. And the king said to him, Micah, shall we go against Ramoth-Gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper; and they will be given into your hands.
KJV Translation: And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand.
Keywords: Mote, Son, Spirit, Zedekiah
Description: 2 Chronicles 18:23
NET Translation: Zedekiah son of Kenaanah approached, hit Micaiah on the jaw, and said, “Which way did the Lord’s Spirit go when he went from me to speak to you?”
DARBY Translation: Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micah upon the cheek, and said, Which way now went the Spirit of Jehovah from me to speak to thee?
KJV Translation: Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
Keywords: Halt
Description: 2 Chronicles 18:24
NET Translation: Micaiah replied, “Look, you will see in the day when you go into an inner room to hide.”
DARBY Translation: And Micah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go from chamber to chamber to hide thyself.
KJV Translation: And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
Keywords: Israel, King
Description: 2 Chronicles 18:25
NET Translation: Then the king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the city official and Joash the king’s son.
DARBY Translation: And the king of Israel said, Take ye Micah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
KJV Translation: Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
Description: 2 Chronicles 18:27
NET Translation: Micaiah said, “If you really do return safely, then the Lord has not spoken through me!” Then he added, “Take note, all you people.”
DARBY Translation: And Micah said, If thou return at all in peace, Jehovah has not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O peoples, all of you!
KJV Translation: And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, [then] hath not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.
Keywords: King, Servant, Son
Description: 2 Chronicles 34:20
NET Translation: The king ordered Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant,
DARBY Translation: And the king commanded Hilkijah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king, saying,
KJV Translation: And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king's, saying,
Keywords: Hezekiah, High Places, Jerusalem, King, Micah, Mountain, Zion
Description: Jeremiah 26:18
NET Translation: “Micah from Moresheth prophesied during the time Hezekiah was king of Judah. He told all the people of Judah, ‘The Lord of Heaven’s Armies says, “‘Zion will become a plowed field. Jerusalem will become a pile of rubble. The temple mount will become a mere wooded ridge.”’
DARBY Translation: Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Zion shall be ploughed [as] a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
KJV Translation: Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed [like] a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
Keywords: Book, Son
Description: Jeremiah 36:11
NET Translation: Micaiah, who was the son of Gemariah and the grandson of Shaphan, heard Baruch read from the scroll everything the Lord had said.
DARBY Translation: And Micah the son of Gemariah the son of Shaphan heard out of the book all the words of Jehovah;
KJV Translation: When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the LORD,
Keywords: Baruch, Book
Description: Jeremiah 36:13
NET Translation: Micaiah told them everything he had heard Baruch read from the scroll in the hearing of the people.
DARBY Translation: And Micah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read in the book in the ears of the people.
KJV Translation: Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.
Keywords: Micah, Samaria
Description: Micah 1:1
NET Translation: This is the Lord’s message that came to Micah of Moresheth during the time of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
DARBY Translation: The word of Jehovah that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
KJV Translation: The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
Keywords: God, Witness
Description: Micah 1:2
NET Translation: Listen, all you nations! Pay attention, all inhabitants of earth! The Sovereign Lord will act as a witness against you; the Lord will accuse you from his majestic palace.
DARBY Translation: Hear, ye peoples, all of you; hearken, O earth, and all that is therein: and let the Lord Jehovah be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple!
KJV Translation: Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
Keywords: High Places
Description: Micah 1:3
NET Translation: Look, the Lord is coming out of his dwelling place! He will descend and march on the earth’s mountaintops!
DARBY Translation: For behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
KJV Translation: For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.
Keywords: Wax
Description: Micah 1:4
NET Translation: The mountains will crumble beneath him, and the valleys will split apart like wax before a fire, like water dumped down a steep slope.
DARBY Translation: And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters poured down a steep place.
KJV Translation: And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, [and] as the waters [that are] poured down a steep place.
Keywords: High Places, Jacob, Transgression
Description: Micah 1:5
NET Translation: All this is because of Jacob’s rebellion and the sins of the nation of Israel. And just what is Jacob’s rebellion? Isn’t it Samaria’s doings? And what is Judah’s sin? Isn’t it Jerusalem’s doings?
DARBY Translation: For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. Whence is the transgression of Jacob? is it not [from] Samaria? And whence are the high places of Judah? are they not [from] Jerusalem?
KJV Translation: For the transgression of Jacob [is] all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What [is] the transgression of Jacob? [is it] not Samaria? and what [are] the high places of Judah? [are they] not Jerusalem?
Keywords: Samaria
Description: Micah 1:6
NET Translation: “I will turn Samaria into a heap of ruins in an open field, into a place for planting vineyards. I will dump the rubble of her walls down into the valley and lay bare her foundations.
DARBY Translation: Therefore will I make Samaria as a heap of the field, as plantings of a vineyard; and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will lay bare the foundations thereof.
KJV Translation: Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, [and] as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.
Keywords: Idols, Raven
Description: Micah 1:7
NET Translation: All her carved idols will be smashed to pieces; all her metal cult statues will be destroyed by fire. I will make a waste heap of all her images. Since she gathered the metal as a prostitute collects her wages, the idols will become a prostitute’s wages again.”
DARBY Translation: And all her graven images shall be beaten to pieces, and all her harlot-gifts shall be burned with fire, and all her idols will I make a desolation; for of the hire of a harlot hath she gathered [them], and to a harlot's hire shall they return.
KJV Translation: And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered [it] of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot.
Description: Micah 1:8
NET Translation: For this reason I will mourn and wail; I will walk around barefoot and without my outer garments. I will howl like a wild dog, and screech like an owl.
DARBY Translation: For this will I lament, and I will howl; I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the jackals, and mourning like the ostriches.
KJV Translation: Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.
Keywords: Gate
Description: Micah 1:9
NET Translation: For Samaria’s disease is incurable. It has infected Judah; it has spread to the leadership of my people and even to Jerusalem!
DARBY Translation: For her wounds are incurable; for it is come even unto Judah, it reacheth unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
KJV Translation: For her wound [is] incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, [even] to Jerusalem.
Description: Micah 1:10
NET Translation: Don’t spread the news in Gath. Don’t shed even a single tear. In Beth Leaphrah roll about in mourning in the dust!
DARBY Translation: Tell it not in Gath, weep not at all; at Beth-le-aphrah roll thyself in the dust.
KJV Translation: Declare ye [it] not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust.
Keywords: Ass, Shame
Description: Micah 1:11
NET Translation: Residents of Shaphir, pass by in nakedness and humiliation! The residents of Zaanan have not escaped. Beth Ezel mourns, “He takes from you what he desires.”
DARBY Translation: Pass away, inhabitress of Shaphir, in nakedness [and] shame. The inhabitress of Zaanan is not come forth for the lamentation of Beth-ezel: he will take from you its shelter.
KJV Translation: Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Bethezel; he shall receive of you his standing.
Keywords: Evil, Gate
Description: Micah 1:12
NET Translation: Indeed, the residents of Maroth hope for something good to happen, though the Lord has sent disaster against the city of Jerusalem.
DARBY Translation: For the inhabitress of Maroth waited anxiously for good; but evil hath come down from Jehovah unto the gate of Jerusalem.
KJV Translation: For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.
Keywords: Beginning, Chariot, Israel, Riot, Sin
Description: Micah 1:13
NET Translation: Residents of Lachish, hitch the horses to the chariots! You influenced Daughter Zion to sin, for Israel’s rebellious deeds can be traced back to you!
DARBY Translation: Bind the chariot to the swift steed, O inhabitress of Lachish: she was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion; for in thee were found the transgressions of Israel.
KJV Translation: O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she [is] the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.
Keywords: Halt, Houses, Presents
Description: Micah 1:14
NET Translation: Therefore you will have to say farewell to Moresheth Gath. The residents of Achzib will be as disappointing as a dried up well to the kings of Israel.
DARBY Translation: Therefore shalt thou give parting-gifts to Moresheth-Gath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel.
KJV Translation: Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moreshethgath: the houses of Achzib [shall be] a lie to the kings of Israel.
Keywords: Glory
Description: Micah 1:15
NET Translation: Residents of Mareshah, a conqueror will attack you; the leaders of Israel shall flee to Adullam.
DARBY Translation: I will yet bring unto thee an heir, O inhabitress of Mareshah; the glory of Israel shall come even unto Adullam.
KJV Translation: Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.
Keywords: Captivity, Poll
Description: Micah 1:16
NET Translation: Shave your heads bald as you mourn for the children you love; shave your foreheads as bald as an eagle, for they are taken from you into exile.
DARBY Translation: Make thee bald, and poll thee for the children of thy delights; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle, for they are gone into captivity from thee.
KJV Translation: Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee.
Keywords: Evil, Morning, Power, Woe, Work
Description: Micah 2:1
NET Translation: Beware wicked schemers, those who devise calamity as they lie in bed. As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, because they have the power to do so.
DARBY Translation: Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
KJV Translation: Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
Keywords: Covet, Man
Description: Micah 2:2
NET Translation: They confiscate the fields they desire and seize the houses they want. They defraud people of their homes and deprive people of the land they have inherited.
DARBY Translation: And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away; and they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
KJV Translation: And they covet fields, and take [them] by violence; and houses, and take [them] away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.
Keywords: Family, Time
Description: Micah 2:3
NET Translation: Therefore the Lord says this: “Look, I am devising disaster for this nation! It will be like a yoke from which you cannot free your neck. You will no longer walk proudly, for it will be a time of catastrophe.
DARBY Translation: Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye walk haughtily: for it is an evil time.
KJV Translation: Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time [is] evil.
Keywords: Doleful, Parable
Description: Micah 2:4
NET Translation: In that day people will sing this taunt song to you—they will mock you with this lament: ‘We are completely destroyed; they sell off the property of my people. How they remove it from me! They assign our fields to the conqueror.’”
DARBY Translation: In that day shall they take up a proverb concerning you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, [and] say, We are utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! He hath distributed our fields to the rebellious.
KJV Translation: In that day shall [one] take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, [and] say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed [it] from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.
Keywords: Congregation, Halt, Lot
Description: Micah 2:5
NET Translation: Therefore no one will assign you land in the Lord’s community.
DARBY Translation: Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast the measuring line upon a lot, in the congregation of Jehovah.
KJV Translation: Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD.
Description: Micah 2:6
NET Translation: “Don’t preach with such impassioned rhetoric,” they say excitedly. “These prophets should not preach of such things; we will not be overtaken by humiliation.”
DARBY Translation: Prophesy ye not, they prophesy. If they do not prophesy to these, the ignominy will not depart.
KJV Translation: Prophesy ye not, [say they to them that] prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, [that] they shall not take shame.
Keywords: Spirit
Description: Micah 2:7
NET Translation: Does the family of Jacob say, “The Lord’s patience can’t be exhausted—he would never do such things”? To be sure, my commands bring a reward for those who obey them,
DARBY Translation: O thou [that art] named the house of Jacob, Is Jehovah impatient? are these his doings? Do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
KJV Translation: O [thou that art] named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? [are] these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?
Keywords: Ass, Garment, Risen
Description: Micah 2:8
NET Translation: but you rise up as an enemy against my people. You steal a robe from a friend, from those who pass by peacefully as if returning from a war.
DARBY Translation: But of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye strip off the mantle with the garment from them that pass by securely, that are averse from war.
KJV Translation: Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war.
Keywords: Children, Glory, Women
Description: Micah 2:9
NET Translation: You wrongly evict widows among my people from their cherished homes. You defraud their children of their prized inheritance.
DARBY Translation: The women of my people do ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their young children do ye take away my magnificence for ever.
KJV Translation: The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever.
Description: Micah 2:10
NET Translation: But you are the ones who will be forced to leave! For this land is not secure; sin will thoroughly destroy it!
DARBY Translation: Arise ye, and depart; for this is not the resting-place, because of defilement that bringeth destruction, even a grievous destruction.
KJV Translation: Arise ye, and depart; for this [is] not [your] rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy [you], even with a sore destruction.
Keywords: King, Man, Prophet, Spirit, Wine
Description: Micah 2:11
NET Translation: If a lying windbag should come and say, ‘I’ll promise you blessings of wine and beer,’ he would be just the right preacher for these people!
DARBY Translation: If a man walking in wind and falsehood do lie, [saying,] I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink, he shall be the prophet of this people.
KJV Translation: If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, [saying], I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
Keywords: Remnant, Sheep, Son
Description: Micah 2:12
NET Translation: “I will certainly gather all of you, O Jacob, I will certainly assemble those Israelites who remain. I will bring them together like sheep in a fold, like a flock in the middle of a pasture; they will be so numerous that they will make a lot of noise.
DARBY Translation: I will surely assemble, O Jacob, the whole of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as sheep of Bozrah, as a flock in the midst of their pasture: they shall make great noise by reason of [the multitude of] men.
KJV Translation: I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of [the multitude of] men.
Keywords: Ass, Head, King
Description: Micah 2:13
NET Translation: The one who can break through barriers will lead them out; they will break out, pass through the gate, and leave. Their king will advance before them; the Lord himself will lead them.”
DARBY Translation: One that breaketh through is gone up before them: they have broken forth, and have passed on to the gate, and are gone out by it; and their king passeth on before them, and Jehovah at the head of them.
KJV Translation: The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them.
Keywords: Pray
Description: Micah 3:1
NET Translation: I said, “Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel! You ought to know what is just,
DARBY Translation: And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel: Is it not for you to know judgment?
KJV Translation: And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; [Is it] not for you to know judgment?
Keywords: Flesh, Hate, Love
Description: Micah 3:2
NET Translation: yet you hate what is good and love what is evil. You flay my people’s skin and rip the flesh from their bones.
DARBY Translation: Ye who hate the good, and love evil; who pluck off their skin from them, and their flesh from off their bones;
KJV Translation: Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones;
Keywords: Flay, Flesh, Hin
Description: Micah 3:3
NET Translation: You devour my people’s flesh, strip off their skin, and crush their bones. You chop them up like flesh in a pot—like meat in a kettle.
DARBY Translation: and who eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces as for the pot, and as flesh within the cauldron.
KJV Translation: Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.
Keywords: Ear
Description: Micah 3:4
NET Translation: Someday these sinful leaders will cry to the Lord for help, but he will not answer them. He will hide his face from them at that time, because they have done such wicked deeds.”
DARBY Translation: Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; and he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.
KJV Translation: Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.
Keywords: War
Description: Micah 3:5
NET Translation: This is what the Lord has said about the prophets who mislead my people, “If someone gives them enough to eat, they offer an oracle of peace. But if someone does not give them food, they are ready to declare war on him.
DARBY Translation: Thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that cause my people to err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace! but whoso putteth not into their mouths they prepare war against him:
KJV Translation: Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him.
Keywords: Ark, Night, Sun
Description: Micah 3:6
NET Translation: Therefore night will fall, and you will receive no visions; it will grow dark, and you will no longer be able to read the omens. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn to darkness over their heads.
DARBY Translation: therefore ye shall have night without a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, without divination; and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be black over them.
KJV Translation: Therefore night [shall be] unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them.
Description: Micah 3:7
NET Translation: The prophets will be ashamed; the omen readers will be humiliated. All of them will cover their mouths, for they will receive no divine oracles.”
DARBY Translation: And the seers shall be ashamed, and the diviners confounded; and they shall all cover their lips, for there will be no answer of God.
KJV Translation: Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for [there is] no answer of God.
Keywords: Israel, Jacob, Power, Spirit
Description: Micah 3:8
NET Translation: But I am full of the courage that the Lord’s Spirit gives and have a strong commitment to justice. This enables me to confront Jacob with its rebellion and Israel with its sin.
DARBY Translation: But truly I am filled with power by the Spirit of Jehovah, and with judgment and with might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
KJV Translation: But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin.
Keywords: Abhor, Ear, Pray
Description: Micah 3:9
NET Translation: Listen to this, you leaders of the family of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel! You hate justice and pervert all that is right.
DARBY Translation: Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity,
KJV Translation: Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
Keywords: Build, Jerusalem, Zion
Description: Micah 3:10
NET Translation: You build Zion through bloody crimes, Jerusalem through unjust violence.
DARBY Translation: that build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with unrighteousness.
KJV Translation: They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
Keywords: Evil, Judge, Vine
Description: Micah 3:11
NET Translation: Her leaders take bribes when they decide legal cases, her priests proclaim rulings for profit, and her prophets read omens for pay. Yet they claim to trust the Lord and say, “The Lord is among us. Disaster will not overtake us!”
DARBY Translation: The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money; yet do they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.
KJV Translation: The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, [Is] not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us.
Keywords: High Places, Jerusalem, Mountain, Zion
Description: Micah 3:12
NET Translation: Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed up like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, and the Temple Mount will become a hill overgrown with brush!
DARBY Translation: Therefore shall Zion for your sake be ploughed [as] a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
KJV Translation: Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed [as] a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
Keywords: Mountain
Description: Micah 4:1
NET Translation: And in future days the Lord’s Temple Mount will be the most important mountain of all; it will be more prominent than other hills. People will stream to it.
DARBY Translation: But it shall come to pass in the end of days [that] the mountain of Jehovah's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and the peoples shall flow unto it.
KJV Translation: But in the last days it shall come to pass, [that] the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.
Keywords: God, Law, Mountain
Description: Micah 4:2
NET Translation: Many nations will come, saying, “Come on! Let’s go up to the Lord’s mountain, to the temple of Jacob’s God, so he can teach us his ways and we can live by his laws.” For instruction will proceed from Zion, the Lord’s message from Jerusalem.
DARBY Translation: And many nations shall go and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of Jehovah, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law, and Jehovah's word from Jerusalem.
KJV Translation: And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
Keywords: Judge, Nation, Rebuke, Sword, War
Description: Micah 4:3
NET Translation: He will arbitrate between many peoples and settle disputes between many distant nations. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nations will not use weapons against other nations, and they will no longer train for war.
DARBY Translation: And he shall judge among many peoples, and reprove strong nations, even afar off; and they shall forge their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-knives: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
KJV Translation: And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Keywords: Fig, Man, Vine
Description: Micah 4:4
NET Translation: Each will sit under his own grapevine or under his own fig tree without any fear. The Lord of Heaven’s Armies has decreed it.
DARBY Translation: And they shall sit every one under his vine, and under his fig-tree; and there shall be none to make [them] afraid: for the mouth of Jehovah of hosts hath spoken [it].
KJV Translation: But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make [them] afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken [it].
Keywords: God, Name
Description: Micah 4:5
NET Translation: Though all the nations follow their respective gods, we will follow the Lord our God forever.
DARBY Translation: For all the peoples will walk every one in the name of his god; but we will walk in the name of Jehovah, our God for ever and ever.
KJV Translation: For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever.
Description: Micah 4:6
NET Translation: “In that day,” says the Lord, “I will gather the lame and assemble the outcasts whom I injured.
DARBY Translation: In that day, saith Jehovah, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;
KJV Translation: In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;
Keywords: Zion
Description: Micah 4:7
NET Translation: I will transform the lame into the nucleus of a new nation, and those far off into a mighty nation. The Lord will reign over them on Mount Zion, from that day forward and forevermore.
DARBY Translation: and I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation; and Jehovah shall reign over them in mount Zion, from henceforth even for ever.
KJV Translation: And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever.
Keywords: Kingdom, Tower
Description: Micah 4:8
NET Translation: As for you, watchtower for the flock, fortress of Daughter Zion—your former dominion will be restored, the sovereignty that belongs to Daughter Jerusalem.”
DARBY Translation: And thou, O tower of the flock, hill of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, yea, the first dominion shall come, the kingdom to the daughter of Jerusalem.
KJV Translation: And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.
Keywords: King, Man, Pangs
Description: Micah 4:9
NET Translation: Jerusalem, why are you now shouting so loudly? Has your king disappeared? Has your wise leader been destroyed? Is this why pain grips you as if you were a woman in labor?
DARBY Translation: Now why dost thou cry out aloud? Is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished, that pangs have seized thee as a woman in travail?
KJV Translation: Now why dost thou cry out aloud? [is there] no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail.
Keywords: Halt, Hand, Man, Redeem
Description: Micah 4:10
NET Translation: Twist and strain, Daughter Zion, as if you were in labor! For you will leave the city and live in the open field. You will go to Babylon, but there you will be rescued. There the Lord will deliver you from the power of your enemies.
DARBY Translation: Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail; for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon: there shalt thou be delivered; there Jehovah will redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.
KJV Translation: Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go [even] to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.
Keywords: Eye
Description: Micah 4:11
NET Translation: Many nations have now assembled against you. They say, “Jerusalem must be desecrated, so we can gloat over Zion!”
DARBY Translation: And now many nations are assembled against thee, that say, Let her be profaned, and let our eye look upon Zion.
KJV Translation: Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion.
Description: Micah 4:12
NET Translation: But they do not know what the Lord is planning; they do not understand his strategy. He has gathered them like stalks of grain to be threshed at the threshing floor.
DARBY Translation: But they know not the thoughts of Jehovah, neither understand they his counsel; for he hath gathered them together as the sheaves into the threshing-floor.
KJV Translation: But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor.
Keywords: Halt, Horn
Description: Micah 4:13
NET Translation: “Get up and thresh, Daughter Zion! For I will give you iron horns; I will give you bronze hooves, and you will crush many nations.” You will devote to the Lord the spoils you take from them and dedicate their wealth to the sovereign Ruler of the whole earth.
DARBY Translation: Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion, for I will make thy horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass; and thou shalt beat in pieces many peoples; and I will devote their gain to Jehovah, and their substance to the Lord of the whole earth.
KJV Translation: Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.
Keywords: Israel, Judge, Mite, Rod, Siege
Description: Micah 5:1
NET Translation: (4:14) But now slash yourself, daughter surrounded by soldiers! We are besieged! With a scepter they strike Israel’s ruler on the side of his face.
DARBY Translation: Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops; he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
KJV Translation: Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek.
Description: Micah 5:2
NET Translation: (5:1) As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah—from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, one whose origins are in the distant past.
DARBY Translation: (And thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall he come forth unto me [who is] to be Ruler in Israel: whose goings forth are from of old, from the days of eternity.)
KJV Translation: But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, [though] thou be little among the thousands of Judah, [yet] out of thee shall he come forth unto me [that is] to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth [have been] from of old, from everlasting.
Keywords: Children, Remnant, Time
Description: Micah 5:3
NET Translation: So the Lord will hand the people of Israel over to their enemies until the time when the woman in labor gives birth. Then the rest of the king’s countrymen will return to be reunited with the people of Israel.
DARBY Translation: Therefore will he give them up, until the time when she which travaileth shall have brought forth: and the residue of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.
KJV Translation: Therefore will he give them up, until the time [that] she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.
Keywords: Name, Strength
Description: Micah 5:4
NET Translation: He will assume his post and shepherd the people by the Lord’s strength, by the sovereign authority of the Lord his God. They will live securely, for at that time he will be honored even in the distant regions of the earth.
DARBY Translation: And he shall stand and feed [his flock] in the strength of Jehovah, in the majesty of the name of Jehovah his God. And they shall abide; for now shall he be great even unto the ends of the earth.
KJV Translation: And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.
Description: Micah 5:5
NET Translation: He will give us peace. Should the Assyrians try to invade our land and attempt to set foot in our fortresses, we will send against them seven shepherd-rulers, make that eight commanders.
DARBY Translation: And this [man] shall be Peace. When the Assyrian shall come into our land, and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight princes of men.
KJV Translation: And this [man] shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men.
Keywords: Assyria, Deliver, Hin, Nimrod, Rod, Syria
Description: Micah 5:6
NET Translation: They will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, the land of Nimrod with a drawn sword. Our king will rescue us from the Assyrians should they attempt to invade our land and try to set foot in our territory.
DARBY Translation: And they shall waste the land of Asshur with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof; and he shall deliver [us] from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.
KJV Translation: And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver [us] from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.
Keywords: Jacob, Remnant
Description: Micah 5:7
NET Translation: Those survivors from Jacob will live in the midst of many nations. They will be like the dew the Lord sends, like the rain on the grass, that does not hope for men to come or wait around for humans to arrive.
DARBY Translation: And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples as dew from Jehovah, as showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, neither waiteth for the sons of men.
KJV Translation: And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
Keywords: Gentiles, Jacob, Lion, Remnant
Description: Micah 5:8
NET Translation: Those survivors from Jacob will live among the nations, in the midst of many peoples. They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, which attacks when it passes through. It rips its prey and there is no one to stop it.
DARBY Translation: And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and there is none to deliver.
KJV Translation: And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
Keywords: Enemies, Hand
Description: Micah 5:9
NET Translation: Lift your hand triumphantly against your adversaries; may all your enemies be destroyed!
DARBY Translation: Thy hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.
KJV Translation: Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.
Keywords: Ass
Description: Micah 5:10
NET Translation: “In that day,” says the Lord, “I will destroy your horses from your midst and smash your chariots.
DARBY Translation: And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots.
KJV Translation: And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:
Description: Micah 5:11
NET Translation: I will destroy the cities of your land and tear down all your fortresses.
DARBY Translation: And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and overthrow all thy strongholds.
KJV Translation: And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds:
Keywords: Halt
Description: Micah 5:12
NET Translation: I will remove the sorcery that you practice, and you will no longer have omen readers living among you.
DARBY Translation: And I will cut off sorceries out of thy hand; and thou shalt have no soothsayers.
KJV Translation: And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no [more] soothsayers:
Keywords: Halt, Raven, Ship, Work, Worship
Description: Micah 5:13
NET Translation: I will remove your idols and sacred pillars from your midst; you will no longer worship what your own hands made.
DARBY Translation: Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy statues out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more bow down to the work of thy hands.
KJV Translation: Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands.
Keywords: Groves
Description: Micah 5:14
NET Translation: I will uproot your images of Asherah from your midst and destroy your idols.
DARBY Translation: And I will pluck up thine Asherahs out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy cities.
KJV Translation: And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities.
Keywords: Anger, Vengeance
Description: Micah 5:15
NET Translation: With furious anger I will carry out vengeance on the nations that do not obey me.”
DARBY Translation: And I will execute vengeance in anger and in fury upon the nations, such as they have not heard of.
KJV Translation: And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard.
Keywords: Ear
Description: Micah 6:1
NET Translation: Listen to what the Lord says: “Get up! Defend yourself before the mountains. Present your case before the hills.”
DARBY Translation: Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
KJV Translation: Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
Keywords: Controversy, Ear
Description: Micah 6:2
NET Translation: Hear the Lord’s accusation, you mountains, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the Lord has a case against his people; he has a dispute with Israel!
DARBY Translation: Hear, ye mountains, Jehovah's controversy, and ye, unchanging foundations of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.
KJV Translation: Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD'S controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.
Description: Micah 6:3
NET Translation: “My people, how have I wronged you? How have I wearied you? Answer me!
DARBY Translation: O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.
KJV Translation: O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.
Description: Micah 6:4
NET Translation: In fact, I brought you up from the land of Egypt; I delivered you from that place of slavery. I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to lead you.
DARBY Translation: For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
KJV Translation: For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
Keywords: Balaam, King, Moab, Remember, Shittim, Son
Description: Micah 6:5
NET Translation: My people, recall how King Balak of Moab planned to harm you, how Balaam son of Beor responded to him. Recall how you journeyed from Shittim to Gilgal, so you might acknowledge that the Lord has treated you fairly.”
DARBY Translation: My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteousness of Jehovah.
KJV Translation: O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.
Keywords: Bow, Ear
Description: Micah 6:6
NET Translation: With what should I enter the Lord’s presence? With what should I bow before the sovereign God? Should I enter his presence with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?
DARBY Translation: Wherewith shall I come before Jehovah, bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves of a year old?
KJV Translation: Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, [and] bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
Keywords: Firstborn, Fruit, Sin
Description: Micah 6:7
NET Translation: Will the Lord accept a thousand rams or ten thousand streams of olive oil? Should I give him my firstborn child as payment for my rebellion, my offspring—my own flesh and blood—for my sin?
DARBY Translation: Will Jehovah take pleasure in thousands of rams, in ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
KJV Translation: Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, [or] with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn [for] my transgression, the fruit of my body [for] the sin of my soul?
Keywords: Love
Description: Micah 6:8
NET Translation: He has told you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord really wants from you: He wants you to carry out justice, to love faithfulness, and to live obediently before your God.
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?
KJV Translation: 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?
Keywords: Ear, Man, Wisdom
Description: Micah 6:9
NET Translation: Listen! The Lord is calling to the city! It is wise to respect your authority, O Lord. Listen, O nation, and those assembled in the city!
DARBY Translation: Jehovah's voice crieth unto the city, and wisdom looketh on thy name. Hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.
KJV Translation: The LORD'S voice crieth unto the city, and [the man of] wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.
Keywords: Measure
Description: Micah 6:10
NET Translation: “I will not overlook, O sinful house, the dishonest gain you have hoarded away or the smaller-than-standard measure I hate so much.
DARBY Translation: Are there yet treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure [which is] abominable?
KJV Translation: Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure [that is] abominable?
Keywords: Pure, Wicked
Description: Micah 6:11
NET Translation: I do not condone the use of rigged scales, or a bag of deceptive weights.
DARBY Translation: Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
KJV Translation: Shall I count [them] pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?
Keywords: Tongue
Description: Micah 6:12
NET Translation: The city’s wealthy people readily resort to violence; her inhabitants tell lies; their tongues speak deceptive words.
DARBY Translation: For her rich men are full of violence, and her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.
KJV Translation: For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue [is] deceitful in their mouth.
Keywords: King, Sick
Description: Micah 6:13
NET Translation: I will strike you brutally and destroy you because of your sin.
DARBY Translation: Therefore also will I make [thee] sick in smiting thee; I will make [thee] desolate because of thy sins.
KJV Translation: Therefore also will I make [thee] sick in smiting thee, in making [thee] desolate because of thy sins.
Keywords: Halt, Rest
Description: Micah 6:14
NET Translation: You will eat, but not be satisfied. Even if you have the strength to overtake some prey, you will not be able to carry it away; if you do happen to carry away something, I will deliver it over to the sword.
DARBY Translation: Thou shalt eat, and not be satisfied, and thine emptiness [shall remain] in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take away, and not save; and what thou savest will I give up to the sword.
KJV Translation: Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down [shall be] in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and [that] which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.
Keywords: Anoint, Halt
Description: Micah 6:15
NET Translation: You will plant crops, but will not harvest them; you will squeeze oil from the olives, but you will have no oil to rub on your bodies; you will squeeze juice from the grapes, but you will have no wine to drink.
DARBY Translation: Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and new wine, but shalt not drink wine.
KJV Translation: Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.
Keywords: Bear, Ear, Reproach, Statutes
Description: Micah 6:16
NET Translation: You follow Omri’s edicts and all the practices of Ahab’s dynasty; you follow their policies. Therefore I will make you an appalling sight; the city’s inhabitants will be taunted derisively, and nations will mock all of you.”
DARBY Translation: For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab; and ye walk in their counsels: that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing; and ye shall bear the reproach of my people.
KJV Translation: For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.
Keywords: Soul, Summer, Woe
Description: Micah 7:1
NET Translation: Woe is me! For I am like those gathering fruit and those harvesting grapes, when there is no grape cluster to eat and no fresh figs that my stomach craves.
DARBY Translation: Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer-fruits, as the grape-gleanings of the vintage. There is no cluster to eat; there is no early fruit [which] my soul desired.
KJV Translation: Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: [there is] no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.
Keywords: Man, Wait
Description: Micah 7:2
NET Translation: Faithful men have disappeared from the land; there are no godly men left. They all wait in ambush to shed blood; they hunt their own brother with a net.
DARBY Translation: The godly [man] hath perished out of the land, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood, they hunt every man his brother with a net.
KJV Translation: The good [man] is perished out of the earth: and [there is] none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.
Keywords: Evil, Judge
Description: Micah 7:3
NET Translation: They are experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men announce what they wish, and then they plan it out.
DARBY Translation: Both hands are for evil, to do it well. The prince asketh, and the judge [is there] for a reward; and the great [man] uttereth his soul's greed: and [together] they combine it.
KJV Translation: That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge [asketh] for a reward; and the great [man], he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.
Keywords: Horn
Description: Micah 7:4
NET Translation: The best of them is like a thorn; their godly are like a thorn bush. Woe to your watchmen; your appointed punishment is on the way. The time of their confusion is now.
DARBY Translation: The best of them is as a briar; the most upright, [worse] than a thorn-fence. The day of thy watchmen, thy visitation is come; now shall be their perplexity.
KJV Translation: The best of them [is] as a brier: the most upright [is sharper] than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen [and] thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.
Keywords: Confidence, Trust
Description: Micah 7:5
NET Translation: Do not rely on a friend; do not trust a companion! Even with the one who lies in your arms, do not share secrets!
DARBY Translation: Believe ye not in a companion, put not confidence in a familiar friend: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
KJV Translation: Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
Keywords: Enemies, Law, Mother, Son
Description: Micah 7:6
NET Translation: For a son thinks his father is a fool, a daughter challenges her mother, and a daughter-in-law her mother-in-law; a man’s enemies are his own family.
DARBY Translation: For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law: a man's enemies are the men of his own household.
KJV Translation: For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies [are] the men of his own house.
Keywords: Ear, God, Wait
Description: Micah 7:7
NET Translation: But I will keep watching for the Lord; I will wait for the God who delivers me. My God will listen to me.
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.
KJV Translation: Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
Keywords: Light, Rejoice
Description: Micah 7:8
NET Translation: My enemies, do not gloat over me! Though I have fallen, I will get up. Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light.
DARBY Translation: Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: though I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah shall be a light unto me.
KJV Translation: Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD [shall be] a light unto me.
Keywords: Bear, Ear, Judgment, Nation
Description: Micah 7:9
NET Translation: I must endure the Lord’s fury, for I have sinned against him. But then he will defend my cause and accomplish justice on my behalf. He will lead me out into the light; I will witness his deliverance.
DARBY Translation: I will bear the indignation of Jehovah for I have sinned against him until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light; I shall behold his righteousness.
KJV Translation: I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, [and] I shall behold his righteousness.
Keywords: Shame
Description: Micah 7:10
NET Translation: When my enemies see this, they will be covered with shame. They say to me, “Where is the Lord your God?” I will gloat over them; then they will be trampled down like mud in the streets.
DARBY Translation: And mine enemy shall see [it], and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is Jehovah thy God? Mine eyes shall behold her; now shall she be trodden down, as the mire of the streets.
KJV Translation: Then [she that is] mine enemy shall see [it], and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
Keywords: Decree
Description: Micah 7:11
NET Translation: It will be a day for rebuilding your walls; in that day your boundary will be extended.
DARBY Translation: In the day when thy walls shall be built, on that day shall the established limit recede.
KJV Translation: [In] the day that thy walls are to be built, [in] that day shall the decree be far removed.
Keywords: Fortress, Mountain, Sea
Description: Micah 7:12
NET Translation: In that day people will come to you from Assyria as far as Egypt, from Egypt as far as the Euphrates River, from the seacoasts and the mountains.
DARBY Translation: In that day they shall come to thee from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, and from Egypt to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain.
KJV Translation: [In] that day [also] he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and [from] the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and [from] mountain to mountain.
Keywords: Fruit
Description: Micah 7:13
NET Translation: The earth will become desolate because of what its inhabitants have done.
DARBY Translation: But the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
KJV Translation: Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.
Description: Micah 7:14
NET Translation: Shepherd your people with your rod, the flock that belongs to you, the one that lives alone in a thicket, in the midst of a pastureland. Allow them to graze in Bashan and Gilead, as they did in the old days.
DARBY Translation: Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine inheritance, dwelling alone in the forest, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
KJV Translation: Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily [in] the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed [in] Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
Keywords: Egypt
Description: Micah 7:15
NET Translation: “As in the days when you departed from the land of Egypt, I will show you miraculous deeds.”
DARBY Translation: As in the days of thy coming forth out of the land of Egypt, will I shew them marvellous things.
KJV Translation: According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous [things].
Keywords: Hand
Description: Micah 7:16
NET Translation: Nations will see this and be disappointed by all their strength; they will put their hands over their mouths and act as if they were deaf.
DARBY Translation: The nations shall see, and be ashamed for all their might: they shall lay [their] hand upon [their] mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
KJV Translation: The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay [their] hand upon [their] mouth, their ears shall be deaf.
Keywords: Ear, Fear
Description: Micah 7:17
NET Translation: They will lick the dust like a snake, like serpents crawling on the ground. They will come trembling from their strongholds to the Lord our God; they will be terrified of you.
DARBY Translation: They shall lick dust like the serpent; like crawling things of the earth, they shall come trembling forth from their close places. They shall turn with fear to Jehovah our God, and shall be afraid because of thee.
KJV Translation: They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.
Keywords: Anger, God, Remnant, Transgression
Description: Micah 7:18
NET Translation: Who is a God like you? Who forgives sin and pardons the rebellion of those who remain among his people? Who does not stay angry forever, but delights in showing loyal love?
DARBY Translation: Who is a God like unto thee, that forgiveth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in loving-kindness.
KJV Translation: Who [is] a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth [in] mercy.
Description: Micah 7:19
NET Translation: Who will once again have mercy on us? Who will conquer our evil deeds? Who will hurl all our sins into the depths of the sea?
DARBY Translation: He will yet again have compassion on us, he will tread under foot our iniquities: and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
KJV Translation: He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
Keywords: Mercy, Ruth, Truth
Description: Micah 7:20
NET Translation: You will be loyal to Jacob and extend your loyal love to Abraham, which you promised on oath to our ancestors in ancient times.
DARBY Translation: Thou wilt perform truth to Jacob, loving-kindness to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers, from the days of old.
KJV Translation: Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, [and] the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.