Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Hear ye now what LORD says: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
New American Standard Bible
“Arise, plead your case
And let the hills hear your voice.
King James Version
Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
Holman Bible
Now listen to what the Lord is saying:
and let the hills hear your voice.
International Standard Version
Please hear what the LORD says: "Get up and make your case before the mountains, and let the hills listen to your voice.
American Standard Version
Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
Amplified
“Arise, plead your case before the mountains,
And let the hills [as witnesses] hear your voice.
Bible in Basic English
Give ear now to the words of the Lord: Up! put forward your cause before the mountains, let your voice be sounding among the hills.
Darby Translation
Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
Julia Smith Translation
Hear ye now what Jehovah said: Arise, contend thou with the mountains, and the hills shall hear thy voice.
King James 2000
Hear you now what the LORD says; Arise, contend before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Hear now what Yahweh says: "Arise! Plead [your case] with the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice."
Modern King James verseion
Hear now what Jehovah says: Arise, contend with the mountains and let the hills hear your voice.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Hearken now what the LORD sayeth: Up, reprove the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
NET Bible
Listen to what the Lord says: "Get up! Defend yourself before the mountains! Present your case before the hills!"
New Heart English Bible
Listen now to what the LORD says: "Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear what you have to say.
The Emphasized Bible
Hear, I pray you, what, Yahweh, is saying, - arise thou, maintain thy controversy before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice: -
Webster
Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
World English Bible
Listen now to what Yahweh says: "Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear what you have to say.
Youngs Literal Translation
Hear, I pray you, that which Jehovah is saying: 'Rise -- strive thou with the mountains, And cause thou the hills to hear thy voice.'
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Micah 6:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
Yahweh Brings A Charge Against Israel
1 Hear ye now what LORD says: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. 2 Hear, O ye mountains, LORD's controversy, and ye enduring foundations of the earth, for LORD has a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 50:1
The Mighty One, God, LORD, has spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun to the going down thereof.
Micah 1:2
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.
Deuteronomy 4:26
I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land to which ye go over the Jordan to possess it. Ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall be utterly destroyed.
Deuteronomy 32:1
Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak, and let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
1 Samuel 15:16
Then Samuel said to Saul, Stop, and I will tell thee what LORD has said to me this night. And he said to him, Say on.
Psalm 50:4
He calls to the heavens above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
Isaiah 1:2
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for LORD has spoken. I have nourished and brought up sons, and they have rebelled against me.
Isaiah 2:12-14
For there shall be a day of LORD of hosts upon all that is proud and haughty, and upon all that is lifted up, and it shall be brought low,
Jeremiah 13:15
Hear ye, and give ear, be not proud, for LORD has spoken.
Jeremiah 22:29
O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of LORD.
Ezekiel 36:1
And thou, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of LORD.
Ezekiel 36:8
But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people Israel, for they are at hand to come.
Ezekiel 37:4
Again he said to me, Prophesy over these bones, and say to them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of LORD.
Amos 3:1
Hear this word that LORD has spoken against you, O sons of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up out of the land of Egypt, saying,
Micah 1:4
And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be split, as wax before the fire, as waters that are poured down a steep place.
Luke 19:40
And having answered, he said to them, I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out.
Hebrews 3:7-8
Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, Today if ye hear his voice,