Parallel Verses
NET Bible
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?
New American Standard Bible
And bow myself before the God on high?
Shall I come to Him with
With yearling calves?
King James Version
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?
Holman Bible
when I come to bow before God on high?
Should I come before Him with burnt offerings,
with year-old calves?
International Standard Version
How am I to present myself in the LORD's presence and bow in the presence of the High God? Should I present myself with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?
A Conservative Version
Why shall I come before LORD, and bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves a year old?
American Standard Version
Wherewith shall I come before Jehovah, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves a year old?
Amplified
With what shall I come before the Lord [to honor Him]
And bow myself before God on high?
Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings,
With yearling calves?
Bible in Basic English
With what am I to come before the Lord and go with bent head before the high God? am I to come before him with burned offerings, with young oxen a year old?
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?
Julia Smith Translation
With what shall I come before Jehovah? I will bow to the high God; shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves, the sons of a year?
King James 2000
With what shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?
Lexham Expanded Bible
With what shall I approach Yahweh, and bow down to God on high? Shall I approach him with burnt offerings, with bull calves a year old?
Modern King James verseion
With what shall I come before Jehovah, to bow myself before God the Most High? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"What acceptable thing shall I offer unto the LORD? Shall I bow my knee to the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, and with calves of a year old?
New Heart English Bible
How shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?
The Emphasized Bible
Wherewith, shall I come before Yahweh? bow myself to God on high? Shall I come before him with ascending-sacrifice? with calves of a year old?
Webster
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?
World English Bible
How shall I come before Yahweh, and bow myself before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?
Youngs Literal Translation
With what do I come before Jehovah? Do I bow to God Most High? Do I come before Him with burnt-offerings? With calves -- sons of a year?
Themes
Calves » Of a year old best for sacrifice
Condescension of God » Expostulates with backsliding israel
Topics
Interlinear
Marowm
'elohiym
`olah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Micah 6:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
What Does Yahweh Require?
5 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." 6 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? 7 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?
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Genesis 14:18-22
Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. (Now he was the priest of the Most High God.)
Exodus 12:5
Your lamb must be perfect, a male, one year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats.
Leviticus 1:3-17
"'If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd he must present it as a flawless male; he must present it at the entrance of the Meeting Tent for its acceptance before the Lord.
Numbers 23:1-4
Balaam said to Balak, "Build me seven altars here, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams."
Numbers 23:14-15
So Balak brought Balaam to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, where he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
Numbers 23:29-30
Then Balaam said to Balak, "Build seven altars here for me, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams."
2 Samuel 21:3
David said to the Gibeonites, "What can I do for you, and how can I make amends so that you will bless the Lord's inheritance?"
Psalm 22:29
All of the thriving people of the earth will join the celebration and worship; all those who are descending into the grave will bow before him, including those who cannot preserve their lives.
Psalm 40:6-8
Receiving sacrifices and offerings are not your primary concern. You make that quite clear to me! You do not ask for burnt sacrifices and sin offerings.
Psalm 51:16-17
Certainly you do not want a sacrifice, or else I would offer it; you do not desire a burnt sacrifice.
Psalm 95:6
Come! Let's bow down and worship! Let's kneel before the Lord, our creator!
Daniel 3:26
Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the furnace of blazing fire. He called out, "Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the most high God, come out! Come here!" Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego emerged from the fire.
Daniel 4:9
saying, "Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, in whom I know there to be a spirit of the holy gods and whom no mystery baffles, consider my dream that I saw and set forth its interpretation!
Daniel 5:18
As for you, O king, the most high God bestowed on your father Nebuchadnezzar a kingdom, greatness, honor, and majesty.
Daniel 5:21
He was driven from human society, his mind was changed to that of an animal, he lived with the wild donkeys, he was fed grass like oxen, and his body became damp with the dew of the sky, until he came to understand that the most high God rules over human kingdoms, and he appoints over them whomever he wishes.
Matthew 19:16
Now someone came up to him and said, "Teacher, what good thing must I do to gain eternal life?"
Mark 5:7
Then he cried out with a loud voice, "Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I implore you by God -- do not torment me!"
Luke 10:25
Now an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus, saying, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
John 6:26
Jesus replied, "I tell you the solemn truth, you are looking for me not because you saw miraculous signs, but because you ate all the loaves of bread you wanted.
Acts 2:37
Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "What should we do, brothers?"
Acts 16:17
She followed behind Paul and us and kept crying out, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation."
Acts 16:30
Then he brought them outside and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
Romans 10:2-3
For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not in line with the truth.
Ephesians 3:14
For this reason I kneel before the Father,
Hebrews 10:4-10
For the blood of bulls and goats cannot take away sins.