KJV 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?
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Micah 6:6
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?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?
WEB 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?
ASV 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?
YLT Young’s 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?
Surrounding context — Micah 6
3 O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.
4 For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
5 O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.
6 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?
7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, [or] 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?
8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what [is] good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
9 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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
בַּמָּה֙H4100 · mahwhat?אֲקַדֵּ֣םH6923 · qa.damto meetיְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאִכַּ֖ףH3721 · ka.phaphto bendלֵאלֹהֵ֣יH430 · e.lo.himGodמָר֑וֹםH4791 · ma.romheightהַאֲקַדְּמֶ֣נּוּH6923 · qa.damto meetבְעוֹל֔וֹתH5930 · o.lahburnt offeringבַּעֲגָלִ֖יםH5695 · e.gelcalfבְּנֵ֥יH1121 · benson: childשָׁנָֽה׃H8141 · sha.nehyear
Cross-references
Psalm 51:16-17For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give [it]: thou delightest not in burnt offering.Romans 10:2-3For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.Psalm 40:6-8Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.Acts 2:37Now when they heard [this], they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men [and] brethren, what shall we do?Daniel 3:26Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, [and] spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come [hither]. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire.Matthew 19:16And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?Mark 5:7And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, [thou] Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.Luke 10:25And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?Numbers 23:1-4And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.Numbers 23:14-15And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on [every] altar.Daniel 5:21And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling [was] with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and [that] he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.Daniel 4:9O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods [is] in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.John 6:26Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.Hebrews 10:4-10For [it is] not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.Leviticus 1:3-17If his offering [be] a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD.Acts 16:30And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?Daniel 5:18O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:Psalm 95:6O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
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