Parallel Verses
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?
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.
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
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Micah 6:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Destruction Of The Wicked
8 He has told you, O mortal, what [is] good, and what does Yahweh ask from you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? 9 The voice of Yahweh calls to the city ([it is] sound judgment to fear your name): "Hear, staff! Now who has appointed it? 10 Is there any longer a man [in] the house of the wicked treasures of wickedness, and the ephah of scarcity [which is] accursed?
Cross References
Isaiah 30:27
Look! The name of Yahweh comes from afar, burning [with] his anger and heaviness of cloud. His lips are full [of] indignation, and his tongue [is] like a devouring fire.
Exodus 34:5-7
And Yahweh descended in the cloud, and he stood with him there, and he proclaimed the name of Yahweh.
2 Samuel 21:1
There [was] a famine in the days of David [for] three years, year after year. And David {inquired of Yahweh}, and Yahweh said, "The bloodguilt [is] on Saul and on his household, because he killed the Gibeonites."
2 Kings 22:11-20
When the king heard the words of the scroll of the Torah, he tore his clothes.
Job 5:6-8
Indeed, mischief does not come from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the earth.
Job 5:17
"Look, happy [is the] human being whom God reproves; and you must not despise the discipline of Shaddai,
Job 10:2
I will say to God, 'You should not condemn me; let me know why you contend [against] me.
Psalm 9:16
Yahweh has made himself known; he has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his hands. Higgaion Selah
Psalm 48:10
As [is] your name, O God, so [is] your praise to [the] ends of [the] earth. Your right hand is full of righteousness.
Psalm 83:18
that they may know that you, [whose] name [is] Yahweh, you alone, [are the] Most High over the whole earth.
Psalm 107:43
Whoever [is] wise, then let him observe these [things], and let them consider Yahweh's acts of loyal love.
Proverbs 22:3
The clever sees danger and hides, but the simple go on and suffer.
Isaiah 9:13
And the people did not turn to the one who struck it, and they did not seek Yahweh of hosts.
Isaiah 10:5-6
Ah! Assyria, the rod of my anger, and a staff is in their hand: my wrath!
Isaiah 24:10-12
[The] city of emptiness is broken; every house is shut {so that no one can enter};
Isaiah 26:11
Yahweh, [though] your hand reaches high, they do not see [it]. Let them see, and let them be ashamed of [the] zeal of people. Indeed, let the fire of your enemies consume them.
Isaiah 27:10
For [the] fortified city [is] solitary, a settlement deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness; [the] calf grazes there, lies down there and destroys its branches.
Isaiah 32:13-14
over the soil of my people. It goes up [in] thorns [and] briers, indeed over all of [the] houses of joy [in the] jubilant city.
Isaiah 40:6-8
A voice [is] saying, "Call!" And he said, "What shall I call?" All {humankind} [are] grass, and all his loyalty [is] like the flowers of the field.
Isaiah 66:6
A voice, an uproar from [the] city! A voice from [the] temple! The voice of Yahweh {paying back} his enemies!
Jeremiah 14:18-22
If I go out [into] the field, then look, those slain by [the] sword. And if I enter the city, then look, the sickness of [the] famine. For both prophet and priest wander around through the land, {they do not know what is going on}.'"
Jeremiah 19:11-13
And you shall say to them, 'Thus says Yahweh of hosts: "So I will break this people and this city as one breaks the vessel of the potter, [so] that it is not able to be repaired again. And in Topheth they will bury {until there is no room to bury}.
Jeremiah 26:6
then I will make this house like Shiloh, and this city I will make a curse for all the nations of the earth.'" '"
Jeremiah 26:18
"Micah the Morashtite was prophesying in the days of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, and he said to all the people of Judah, {saying}: 'Thus says Yahweh of hosts, "Zion will be plowed, and Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, and the mountain of the {temple} as high places of wood." '
Jeremiah 37:8-10
And the Chaldeans will return, and they will fight against this city, and they will capture it, and they will burn it with fire." '
Lamentations 3:39-42
Why should any living person complain about his sin?
Hosea 13:16
Samaria will be guilty, because she has rebelled against her God; they will fall by [the] sword, their children will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women will be ripped open.
Hosea 14:9
Who [is] wise that he can understand these [things]? Who is discerning that he knows them? The ways of Yahweh [are] right, and [the] righteous walk in them; but transgressors stumble in them.
Joel 2:11-18
And Yahweh {utters} his voice before his army, because his encampment [is] very large; strong [is the] one who carries out his decree, for great [is] the day of Yahweh and exceedingly fearful. Who can endure it?
Amos 2:5
So I will send a fire against Judah and it will devour the citadel fortresses of Jerusalem.
Amos 3:8-15
A lion has roared! Who is not afraid? My Lord Yahweh has spoken, who will not prophesy?
Amos 4:6-12
"And I in turn gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities and lack of bread in all your places. Yet you did not return to me," [is] the declaration of Yahweh.
Amos 6:1
Alas [for] those being at ease in Zion, and those who feel secure on Mount Samaria, the notables of the best of the nations! The house of Israel resorts to them.
Jonah 3:4-10
And Jonah began to go into the city a journey of one day, and he cried out and said, "Forty more days and Nineveh will be demolished!"
Micah 3:12
Therefore on account of you Zion will be plowed [as] a field, and Jerusalem will be a heap of rubble, and {the temple mount} as a high place [in] a forest.
Zephaniah 3:2
She listens to no voice; she does not accept correction. In Yahweh she does not trust; to her God she does not draw near.
Haggai 1:5-7
And so then, thus says Yahweh of hosts: '{Consider your ways}!
Revelation 3:19
As many as I love, I reprove and discipline. Be zealous, therefore, and repent!