Micah 7:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.”

Micah 7:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Micah 7:16 in 6 Bible Translations

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Micah 7:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might. They will lay their hand on their mouth. Their ears will be deaf.”

Micah 7:16 — World English Bible

Micah 7:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hand upon their mouth; their ears shall be deaf.”

Micah 7:16 — American Standard Version

Micah 7:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“See do nations, and they are ashamed of all their might, They lay a hand on the mouth, their ears are deaf.”

Micah 7:16 — Young's Literal Translation

Micah 7:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“— The nations shall see, and be ashamed for all their might: they shall lay [their] hand upon [their] mouth, their ears shall be deaf. ”

Micah 7:16 — Darby Translation

Micah 7:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“The nations shall see, and be confounded for all their power: they shall lay their hande vpon their mouth: their eares shall be deafe.”

Micah 7:16 — Geneva Bible

Micah 7:16 in Context — Micah 7

14 Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

15 According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things.

16 The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.

17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the Lord our God, and shall fear because of thee.

18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

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What Does Micah 7:16 Mean?

Micah 7:16 is a verse from the Book of Micah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Micah chapter 7. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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