Micah 6:16 — compare English translations
Compare translationsMicah 6:16 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וְיִשְׁתַּמֵּ֞ר
shâmar
H8104
to keep
חֻקּ֣וֹת
chuqqâh
H2708
statute
עָמְרִ֗י
ʻOmrîy
H6018
Omri
וְכֹל֙
kôl
H3605
all
מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה
maʻăseh
H4639
work
בֵית
bayith
H1004
house
אַחְאָ֔ב
ʼAchʼâb
H256
Ahab
וַתֵּלְכ֖וּ
yâlak
H3212
to walk
בְּמֹֽעֲצוֹתָ֑ם
môwʻêtsâh
H4156
counsel
לְמַעַן֩
maʻan
H4616
for the sake of
תִּתִּ֨י
nâthan
H5414
to give
אֹתְךָ֜
ʼêth
H853
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לְשַׁמָּ֗ה
shammâh
H8047
desolation
וְיֹשְׁבֶ֨יהָ֙
yâshab
H3427
to dwell
לִשְׁרֵקָ֔ה
shᵉrêqâh
H8322
hissing
וְחֶרְפַּ֥ת
cherpâh
H2781
reproach
עַמִּ֖י
ʻam
H5971
people
תִּשָּֽׂאוּ
nâsâʼ
H5375
to lift
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World English Bible Public Domain
For the statutes of Omri are kept, And all the works of the house of Ahab. You walk in their counsels, That I may make you a ruin, And her inhabitants a hissing; And you will bear the reproach of my people."
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King James Version Public Domain
For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the deeds of the house of Ahab, and you have walked in their counsels, so that I may make you a desolation, and her inhabitants a hissing, and the reproach of my people you will bear.”
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