Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Listen to what the Lord says: "Get up! Defend yourself before the mountains! Present your case before the hills!"
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.
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.
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 Listen to what the Lord says: "Get up! Defend yourself before the mountains! Present your case before the hills!" 2 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!
Names
Cross References
Psalm 50:1
A psalm by Asaph. El, God, the Lord speaks, and summons the earth to come from the east and west.
Micah 1:2
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.
Deuteronomy 4:26
I invoke heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that you will surely and swiftly be removed from the very land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess. You will not last long there because you will surely be annihilated.
Deuteronomy 32:1
Listen, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
1 Samuel 15:16
Then Samuel said to Saul, "Wait a minute! Let me tell you what the Lord said to me last night." Saul said to him, "Tell me."
Psalm 50:4
He summons the heavens above, as well as the earth, so that he might judge his people.
Isaiah 1:2
Listen, O heavens, pay attention, O earth! For the Lord speaks: "I raised children, I brought them up, but they have rebelled against me!
Isaiah 2:12-14
Indeed, the Lord who commands armies has planned a day of judgment, for all the high and mighty, for all who are proud -- they will be humiliated;
Jeremiah 13:15
Then I said to the people of Judah, "Listen and pay attention! Do not be arrogant! For the Lord has spoken.
Jeremiah 22:29
O land of Judah, land of Judah, land of Judah! Listen to what the Lord has to say!
Ezekiel 36:1
"As for you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say: 'O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord!
Ezekiel 36:8
"'But you, mountains of Israel, will grow your branches, and bear your fruit for my people Israel; for they will arrive soon.
Ezekiel 37:4
Then he said to me, "Prophesy over these bones, and tell them: 'Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord.
Amos 3:1
Listen, you Israelites, to this message which the Lord is proclaiming against you! This message is for the entire clan I brought up from the land of Egypt:
Micah 1:4
The mountains will disintegrate beneath him, and the valleys will be split in two. The mountains will melt like wax in a fire, the rocks will slide down like water cascading down a steep slope.
Luke 19:40
He answered, "I tell you, if they keep silent, the very stones will cry out!"
Hebrews 3:7-8
Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, "Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks!