King James Version
Micah 6:1 in the King James Version says “Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. before: or,...” — study this verse from Micah chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. before: or, with”
Micah 6:1 · KJV
Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. before: or, with
Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD'S controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.
O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.
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“Hear”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
'i pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the imperative or future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“ye now what the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“Arise”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
“contend”
H7378properly, to toss, i.e., grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e., hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
“thou before the mountains”
H2022a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
“Hear”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
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