Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Arise, plead your case before the mountains,
And let the hills [as witnesses] hear your 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.
A Conservative Version
Hear ye now what LORD says: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
American Standard Version
Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy 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
“Arise, plead your case before the mountains,
And let the hills [as witnesses] hear your voice.
“Hear, O mountains, the indictment of the Lord,
And you enduring foundations of the earth,
For the Lord has a case (a legal complaint) against His people,
And He will dispute (challenge) Israel.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 50:1
And summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting [from east to west].
Micah 1:2
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].
Deuteronomy 4:26
I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today, that you will soon utterly perish from the land which you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You shall not live long on it, but will be utterly destroyed.
Deuteronomy 32:1
And let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
1 Samuel 15:16
Then Samuel said to Saul, “Stop, and let me tell you what the Lord said to me last night.” Saul said to him, “Speak.”
Psalm 50:4
He summons the heavens above,
And the earth, to judge His people:
Isaiah 1:2
Hear, O heavens, and listen, O earth;
For the Lord has spoken:
“I have reared and brought up sons,
But they have rebelled against Me and have broken away.
Isaiah 2:12-14
For the Lord of hosts will have a day of reckoning
Against all who are proud and arrogant
And against all who are lifted up,
That they may be degraded.
Jeremiah 13:15
Listen and pay close attention, do not be haughty and overconfident,
For the Lord has spoken [says Jeremiah].
Jeremiah 22:29
“O land, land, land,
Hear the word of the Lord!
Ezekiel 36:1
“And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say, ‘You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord.
Ezekiel 36:8
But you, O mountains of Israel, will put out your branches and bear your fruit to My people Israel; for they will soon come [home].
Ezekiel 37:4
Again He said to me, “Prophesy to these bones and say to them, ‘O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.’
Amos 3:1
Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt:
Micah 1:4
The mountains shall melt under Him
And the valleys shall be split
Like wax before the fire,
Like waters poured down a steep place.
Luke 19:40
Jesus replied,
Hebrews 3:7-8
Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says,