Micah 7:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Nations will see and be ashamed, deprived of all their might. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ears will become deaf.”
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“Nations will see and be ashamed, deprived of all their might. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ears will become deaf.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hand upon their mouth; their ears shall be deaf.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“See do nations, and they are ashamed of all their might, They lay a hand on the mouth, their ears are deaf.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Micah 7:16 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 21:5Look at me and be appalled; put your hand over your mouth.
- Job 29:9The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.
- Job 40:4“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
- Psalms 126:2Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”
- Isaiah 26:11O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!
- Isaiah 52:15so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.
- Isaiah 66:18“And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.
- Ezekiel 38:23I will magnify and sanctify Myself, and will reveal Myself in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
- Ezekiel 39:17And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood.
- Micah 5:8Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples and tears as it passes through, with no one to rescue them.
- Zechariah 8:20This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities—
- Zechariah 12:9So on that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
- Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
- Revelation 11:18The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your name, both small and great— and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”
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