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Micah 6:6–8

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6oWherewith shall I pcome before the Lord,

And qbow myself before the rhigh God?

Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,

With calves †of a year old?

7sWill the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,

Or with ten thousands of trivers of oil?

uShall I give my firstborn for my transgression,

The fruit of my †body for the sin of my soul?

8sHe hath shewed thee, vO man, what is good;

And wwhat doth the Lord require of thee,

But xto do yjustly, and to love ymercy,

And to †walk humbly awith thy God?

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Micah 6:8: He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?

Footnotes

  1. oSee Hos. 5:6. Comp. Heb. 10:4.
  2. pPs. 95:2 marg.
  3. qSee Ps. 57:6.
  4. rSee Ps. 92:8. Comp. Is. 57:15 (Heb.).
  5. †Heb. sons of a year? See Ex. 12:5.
  6. sSee 1 Sam. 15:22. Comp. Prov. 15:8.
  7. tJob 20:17 (Heb.). So Job 29:6.
  8. u2 Kin. 3:27.& 16:3. & 21:6. & 23:10. See Lev. 18:21.
  9. †Heb. belly. Job 19:17 marg.
  10. sSee 1 Sam. 15:22. Comp. Prov. 15:8.
  11. vSee Rom. 2:1.
  12. wSo Deut. 10:12.
  13. xGen. 18:19. See Isai. 1:17.
  14. ySo Jer. 9:24. Hos. 12:6. Zech. 7:9.
  15. ySo Jer. 9:24. Hos. 12:6. Zech. 7:9.
  16. †Heb. z humble thyself ato walk.
  17. aSee Gen. 5:22.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

“With what shall I come before the Lord,

and bow myself before God on high?

Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,

with calves a year old?

Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,

with ten thousands of rivers of oil?

Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,

the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”

He has told you, O man, what is good;

and what does the Lord require of you

but to do justice, and to love kindness,

and to walk humbly with your God?

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

With what shall I come before the Lord

and bow down before the exalted God?

Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,

with calves a year old?

Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams,

with ten thousand rivers of olive oil?

Shall I offer my firstborn for my transgression,

the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.

And what does the Lord require of you?

To act justly and to love mercy

and to walk humbly with your God.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

What should I bring before the Lord

when I come to bow before God on high?

Should I come before him with burnt offerings,

with year-old calves?

Would the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams

or with ten thousand streams of oil?

Should I give my firstborn for my transgression,

the offspring of my body for my own sin?

Mankind, he has told each of you what is good

and what it is the Lord requires of you:

to act justly,

to love faithfulness,

and to walk humbly with your God.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

What can we bring to the Lord?

Should we bring him burnt offerings?

Should we bow before God Most High

with offerings of yearling calves?

Should we offer him thousands of rams

and ten thousand rivers of olive oil?

Should we sacrifice our firstborn children

to pay for our sins?

No, O people, the Lord has told you what is good,

and this is what he requires of you:

to do what is right, to love mercy,

and to walk humbly with your God.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English 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?

Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams,

with myriads of rivers of oil?

Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,

the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

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?

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press