Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Hear, O peoples, all of you;
Listen, O earth and all it contains,
And let the Lord God be a witness against you,
The Lord from His holy temple.

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

Listen, all you peoples;
pay attention, earth and everyone in it!
The Lord God will be a witness against you,
the Lord, from His holy temple.

International Standard Version

"Listen, people! All of you! Earth! Pay attention, and all you inhabitants of it! May the Lord GOD be a witness against you the Lord from his holy Temple.

A Conservative Version

Hear, ye peoples, all of you. Hearken, O earth, and all who are in it, and let lord LORD be witness against you, LORD from his holy temple.

American Standard Version

Hear, ye peoples, all of you: hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord Jehovah be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.

Amplified


Hear, O peoples, all of you;
Listen closely, O earth and all that is in it,
And let the Lord God be witness [giving a testimony of the judgment] against you,
The Lord from His holy temple [in the heavens].

Bible in Basic English

Give ear, you peoples, all of you; give attention, O earth and everything in it: let the Lord God be witness against you, the Lord from his holy Temple.

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!

Julia Smith Translation

Hear, all ye peoples; attend, O earth, and its fulness, and the Lord Jehovah shall be among you for a witness, Jehovah from his holy temple.

King James 2000

Hear, all you people; hearken, O earth, and all that is in it: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Hear, all you peoples; give heed, O earth and its fullness. And let the Lord Yahweh be against you as a witness, the Lord from {his holy temple}.

Modern King James verseion

Hear, all you people; listen, O earth, and its fullness. And let the Lord Jehovah be witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Hear all ye people, mark this well, O earth, and all that therein is: Yea, the LORD God himself be witness among you, even the Lord from his holy temple.

NET Bible

Listen, all you nations! Pay attention, all inhabitants of earth! The sovereign Lord will testify against you; the Lord will accuse you from his majestic palace.

New Heart English Bible

Hear, you peoples, all of you. Listen, O earth, and all that is therein: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.

The Emphasized Bible

Hear ye peoples, all of you, Hearken, O earth and the fulness thereof, - and let My Lord Yahweh be among you for a witness, My Lord out of his holy temple.

Webster

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.

World English Bible

Hear, you peoples, all of you. Listen, O earth, and all that is therein: and let the Lord Yahweh be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.

Youngs Literal Translation

Hear, O peoples, all of them! Attend, O earth, and its fulness, And the Lord Jehovah is against you for a witness, The Lord from His holy temple.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
all ye people
עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

קשׁב 
Qashab 
Usage: 46

O earth
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

מלו מלוא מלא 
M@lo' 
Usage: 37

is and let the Lord
אדני 
'Adonay 
Usage: 438

God
יהוה 
Y@hovih 
Usage: 302

be witness
עד 
`ed 
Usage: 69

אדני 
'Adonay 
Usage: 438

קדשׁ 
Qodesh 
Usage: 470

References

American

Fausets

Hastings

Images Micah 1:2

Prayers for Micah 1:2

Context Readings

Coming Judgment On Israel

1 The word of the Lord which came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. 2 Hear, O peoples, all of you;
Listen, O earth and all it contains,
And let the Lord God be a witness against you,
The Lord from His holy temple.
3 For behold, the Lord is coming forth from His place.
He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.



Cross References

Psalm 11:4

The Lord is in His holy temple; the Lord’s throne is in heaven;
His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men.

Isaiah 1:2

Listen, O heavens, and hear, O earth;
For the Lord speaks,
Sons I have reared and brought up,
But they have revolted against Me.

Psalm 50:7

Hear, O My people, and I will speak;
O Israel, I will testify against you;
I am God, your God.

Jeremiah 22:29

O land, land, land,
Hear the word of the Lord!

Jonah 2:7

“While I was fainting away,
I remembered the Lord,
And my prayer came to You,
Into Your holy temple.

Micah 6:1-2

Hear now what the Lord is saying,
“Arise, plead your case before the mountains,
And let the hills hear your voice.

Habakkuk 2:20

“But the Lord is in His holy temple.
Let all the earth be silent before Him.”

Malachi 3:5

“Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the orphan, and those who turn aside the alien and do not fear Me,” says the Lord of hosts.

Deuteronomy 32:1

Give ear, O heavens, and let me speak;
And let the earth hear the words of my mouth.

Psalm 24:1

A Psalm of David.
The earth is the Lord’s, and all it contains,
The world, and those who dwell in it.

Psalm 28:2

Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to You for help,
When I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary.

Psalm 49:1-2

For the choir director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
Hear this, all peoples;
Give ear, all inhabitants of the world,

Psalm 50:1

A Psalm of Asaph.
The Mighty One, God, the Lord, has spoken,
And summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting.

Psalm 50:12

“If I were hungry I would not tell you,
For the world is Mine, and all it contains.

Jeremiah 6:19

Hear, O earth: behold, I am bringing disaster on this people,
The fruit of their plans,
Because they have not listened to My words,
And as for My law, they have rejected it also.

Jeremiah 29:23

because they have acted foolishly in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives and have spoken words in My name falsely, which I did not command them; and I am He who knows and am a witness,” declares the Lord.’”

Malachi 2:14

Yet you say, ‘For what reason?’ Because the Lord has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant.

Mark 7:14-15

After He called the crowd to Him again, He began saying to them, “Listen to Me, all of you, and understand:

Revelation 2:7

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of the tree of life which is in the Paradise of God.’

Revelation 2:11

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt by the second death.’

Revelation 2:17

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it.’

Revelation 2:29

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

Revelation 3:6

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

Revelation 3:13

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’

Revelation 3:22

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.’”

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