Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And it is sound wisdom to fear Your name:
“Hear, O tribe. Who has appointed
King James Version
The LORD'S voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.
Holman Bible
(and it is wise to fear Your name):
“Pay attention to the rod
and the One who ordained it.
International Standard Version
The voice of the LORD cries out to the city wisdom fears your name: "Heed the rod, and the one who prepared it!
A Conservative Version
The voice of LORD cries to the city, and [the man of] wisdom will see thy name. Hear ye the rod, and who has appointed it.
American Standard Version
The voice of Jehovah crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom will see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.
Amplified
The voice of the Lord shall call to the city [of Jerusalem]—
And it is sound wisdom to heed [solemnly] and fear Your name [with awe-filled reverence];
“Hear, O tribe [the rod of punishment]. Who has appointed its time?
Bible in Basic English
The voice of the Lord is crying out to the town: Give ear, you tribes and the meeting of the town.
Darby Translation
Jehovah's voice crieth unto the city, and wisdom looketh on thy name. Hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.
Julia Smith Translation
The voice of Jehovah will call to the city, and wisdom feared thy name: hear ye the rod, and who appointed it
King James 2000
The LORD'S voice cries unto the city, and wisdom shall see your name: Hear the rod, and who has appointed it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The voice of Yahweh calls to the city ([it is] sound judgment to fear your name): "Hear, staff! Now who has appointed it?
Modern King James verseion
Jehovah's voice cries to the city, and in sound wisdom one will see Your name. Hear the rod and Him who has appointed it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The LORD's voice crieth unto the city, and the man that shall be saved considereth thy name, O LORD. Hear and that thy name may be righteousness. Hear, O ye tribes: who would else give you such warning?
NET Bible
Listen! The Lord is calling to the city! It is wise to respect your authority, O Lord! Listen, O nation, and those assembled in the city!
New Heart English Bible
The LORD's voice calls to the city, and wisdom sees your name: "Listen to the rod, and he who appointed it.
The Emphasized Bible
The voice of Yahweh, to the city, crieth out, With safety for him who regardeth his name, - Hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.
Webster
The LORD'S voice crieth to the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.
World English Bible
Yahweh's voice calls to the city, and wisdom sees your name: "Listen to the rod, and he who appointed it.
Youngs Literal Translation
A voice of Jehovah to the city calleth, And wisdom doth fear Thy name, Hear ye the rod, and Him who appointed it.
Themes
Afflictions made beneficial » In teaching us the will of God
Topics
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Tuwshiyah
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Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Micah 6:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Destruction Of The Wicked
8
He has declared unto thee, O man, what is good and what the LORD requires of thee: only to do right judgment, and to love mercy, and to humble thyself to walk with thy God.
9
And it is sound wisdom to fear Your name:
“Hear, O tribe. Who has appointed
Cross References
Isaiah 30:27
Behold, the name of the LORD comes from afar; his face is blazing and difficult to gaze upon: his lips are full of indignation and his tongue as a devouring fire:
Exodus 34:5-7
And the LORD descended in a cloud and was with him there proclaiming the name of I AM.
2 Samuel 21:1
Then there was a famine in the days of David for three consecutive years, and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is because of Saul and because of his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.
2 Kings 22:11-20
And when the king heard the words of the book of the law, he rent his clothes.
Job 5:6-8
For the iniquity does not come forth out of the dust; neither does chastisement spring up out of the ground;
Job 5:17
Behold, blessed is the man whom God chastens; therefore, do not despise not the correction of the Almighty.
Job 10:2
I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; cause me to understand why thou dost contend with me.
Psalm 9:16
The LORD is known by the judgment which he has executed; the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion (meditate on this for ever). Selah.
Psalm 48:10
According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth; thy right hand is full of righteousness.
Psalm 83:18
That they may know that thou, whose name alone is LORD, art the most high over all the earth.
Psalm 107:43
Who is wise and will observe these things and shall understand the mercies of the LORD?
Proverbs 22:3
A prudent man foresees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and receive hurt.
Isaiah 9:13
But the people did not turn unto him that smote them, neither did they seek the LORD of the hosts.
Isaiah 10:5-6
O Assyrian, rod and staff of my anger, in thy hand have I placed my indignation.
Isaiah 24:10-12
The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up that no man may come in.
Isaiah 26:11
LORD, when thy hand is withdrawn, they will not see: but they shall see in the end and be ashamed with the zeal of the people. And fire shall consume thine enemies.
Isaiah 27:10
Otherwise the defenced city shall be made desolate, and the habitation shall be forsaken and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down and consume the branches thereof.
Isaiah 32:13-14
Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; even upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:
Isaiah 40:6-8
The voice that said, Cry. And I said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the mercy thereof is as the open flower of the field:
Isaiah 66:6
A voice of noise from the city, a voice of the temple, a voice of the LORD that renders recompense to his enemies.
Jeremiah 14:18-22
If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold those that are sick with famine! for both the prophet and the priest walked around in circles in the land, and they did not know it.
Jeremiah 19:11-13
and shalt say unto them, Thus hath the LORD of the hosts said: Even so will I break this people and this city as one breaks a potter's vessel that cannot be restored again; and they shall bury them in Tophet, for there shall be no other place to bury.
Jeremiah 26:6
then I will make this house like Shiloh and will give this city as a curse to all the Gentiles of the earth.
Jeremiah 26:18
Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus hath the LORD of the hosts said; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the temple mount as the high places of a forest.
Jeremiah 37:8-10
And the Chaldeans shall come again and fight against this city and take it and burn it with fire.
Lamentations 3:39-42
Mem Why does the living man have pain, the man in his sins?
Hosea 13:16
Samaria shall be condemned; for she has rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword; their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped open.
Hosea 14:9
Who is wise that he might understand this? and prudent that he might know this? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them; but the rebellious shall fall therein.
Joel 2:11-18
and the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for many are his camps and strong, that execute his word; for the day of the LORD is great, and very terrible; and who can abide it?
Amos 2:5
but I will send fire in Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem.
Amos 3:8-15
The lion has roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD has spoken, who can but prophesy?
Amos 4:6-12
I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities and want of bread in all your places: yet ye have not returned unto me, said the LORD.
Amos 6:1
Woe unto those that are at ease in Zion and to those that trust in the mountain of Samaria, who are named principals among the same nations which shall come upon them, O house of Israel!
Jonah 3:4-10
And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be destroyed.
Micah 3:12
Therefore for your sake Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps of ruins and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest.
Zephaniah 3:2
She did not obey the voice; she did not receive correction; she did not trust in the LORD; she did not draw near to her God.
Haggai 1:5-7
Now therefore thus hath the LORD of the hosts said; Consider your ways.
Revelation 3:19
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten; be zealous therefore, and repent.