Sinai LogoSinai

Micah 6:7

World English Bible

Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams?
With tens of thousands of rivers of oil?
Shall I give my firstborn for my disobedience?
The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

Read all of Micah 6Open in the Sinai app

Micah 6:7 in other translations

will Jehovah be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

Micah 6:7 · American Standard Version

Micah 6:7 in context

  1. 5My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised,
    and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal,
    that you may know the righteous acts of Yahweh.”
  2. 6How 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?
  3. 7Will Yahweh be pleased with thousands of rams?
    With tens of thousands of rivers of oil?
    Shall I give my firstborn for my disobedience?
    The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
  4. 8He has shown you, O man, what is good.
    What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly,
    to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
  5. 9Yahweh’s voice calls to the city,
    and wisdom sees your name:
    “Listen to the rod,
    and he who appointed it.