Micah 6:7 “Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand ri…”

Micah 6:7

Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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?

World English Bible

Will the LORD 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?

American Standard Version

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?

Geneva Bible 1599

Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousand riuers of oyle? shall I giue my first borne for my transgression, euen the fruite of my bodie, for the sinne of my soule?

Darby Translation

Will Jehovah take pleasure in thousands of rams, in 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?

Young's Literal Translation

Is Jehovah pleased with thousands of rams? With myriads of streams of oil? Do I give my first-born [for] my transgression? The fruit of my body [for] the sin of my soul?

Bible in Basic English

Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of sheep or with ten thousand rivers of oil? am I to give my first child for my wrongdoing, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

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Cross references

“pleased”

1 Samuel 15:22 Psalm 51:16 Psalm 50:9 Hosea 6:6 Isaiah 40:16 Psalm 10:8–13

1 Samuel 15:22 · BSB

But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.

Psalm 51:16 · BSB

For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.

Psalm 50:9 · BSB

I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,

Hosea 6:6 · BSB

For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

Isaiah 40:16 · BSB

Lebanon is not sufficient for fuel, nor its animals enough for a burnt offering.

Psalm 10:8–13 · BSB

He lies in wait near the villages; in ambush he slays the innocent; his eyes watch in stealth for the helpless.

“rivers”

Job 29:6

Job 29:6 · BSB

when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!

“shall”

2 Kings 16:3 2 Kings 3:27 2 Kings 21:6 2 Kings 23:10 Jeremiah 7:31 Judges 11:31

2 Kings 16:3 · BSB

Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.

2 Kings 3:27 · BSB

So he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him, and offered him as a burnt offering on the city wall. And there was great fury against the Israelites, so they withdrew and returned to their own land.

2 Kings 21:6 · BSB

He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.

2 Kings 23:10 · BSB

He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.

Jeremiah 7:31 · BSB

They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.

Judges 11:31 · BSB

then whatever comes out the door of my house to greet me on my triumphant return from the Ammonites will belong to the LORD, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”

“body”

Philemon 1:12

Philemon 1:12 · BSB

I am sending back to you him who is my very heart.

Also

Leviticus 18:21

Leviticus 18:21 · BSB

You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6With 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?

8He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

Read Micah 6