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Micah 1:3

What does Micah 1:3 mean?

A plain-English look at Micah 1:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For, behold, the Lord cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

For see, the Lord is coming out from his place, and will come down, stepping on the high places of the earth.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

For lo, Jehovah is going out from His place, And He hath come down, And hath trodden on high places of earth.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

For behold the Lord will come forth out of his place: and he will come down, and will tread upon the high places of the earth.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

For behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth.

Context

v.2Hear, ye peoples, all of you; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord Jehovah be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.

v.3This passage

v.4And the mountains shall be melted under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, as waters that are poured down a steep place.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 25:10

    For in this mountain will the hand of Jehovah rest; and Moab shall be trodden down in his place, even as straw is trodden down in the water of the dunghill.

  • Amos 4:13

    For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought; that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth—Jehovah, the God of hosts, is his name.

  • Isaiah 26:21

    For, behold, Jehovah cometh forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

  • Deuteronomy 32:13

    He made him ride on the high places of the earth, And he did eat the increase of the field; And he made him to suck honey out of the rock, And oil out of the flinty rock;

  • Isaiah 64:1

    Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake at thy presence,

  • Psalms 115:3

    But our God is in the heavens: He hath done whatsoever he pleased.

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