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Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/micah/6.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />What can we bring to the LORD? Should we bring him burnt offerings? Should we bow before God Most High with offerings of yearling calves?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/micah/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“With what shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/micah/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />With 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?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/micah/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, <i>and</i> bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/micah/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />With what shall I come before the LORD, <i>And</i> bow myself before the High God? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, With calves a year old?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/micah/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />With what shall I come to the LORD <i>And</i> bow myself before the God on high? Shall I come to Him with burnt offerings, With yearling calves?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/micah/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />With what shall I come to the LORD And bow myself before the God on high? Shall I come to Him with burnt offerings, With yearling calves?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/micah/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />With what shall I come to the LORD And bow myself before the God on high? Shall I come to Him with burnt offerings, With yearling calves?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/micah/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />With what shall I come before Yahweh <i>And</i> bow myself before the God on high? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, With yearling calves?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/micah/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />With what shall I come before the LORD [to honor Him] And bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, With yearling calves?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/micah/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />What should I bring before the LORD when I come to bow before God on high? Should I come before him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/micah/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />What should I bring before the LORD when I come to bow before God on high? Should I come before Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/micah/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Wherewith shall I come before Jehovah, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves a year old?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/micah/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />What offering should I bring when I bow down to worship the LORD God Most High? Should I try to please him by sacrificing calves a year old? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/micah/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/micah/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />What should I bring when I come into the LORD's presence, when I bow in front of the God of heaven? Should I bring him year-old calves as burnt offerings?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/micah/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />What shall I bring to the LORD, the God of heaven, when I come to worship him? Shall I bring the best calves to burn as offerings to him? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/micah/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />How am I to present myself in the LORD's presence and bow in the presence of the High God? Should I present myself with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/micah/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />With 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?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/micah/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />With what should I enter the LORD's presence? With what should I bow before the sovereign God? Should I enter his presence with burnt offerings, with year-old calves? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/micah/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />How shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/micah/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves of a year old?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/micah/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />How shall I come before Yahweh, and bow myself before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/micah/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />With what do I come before YHWH? Do I bow to God Most High? Do I come before Him with burnt-offerings? With calves—sons of a year?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/micah/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> With what do I come before Jehovah? Do I bow to God Most High? Do I come before Him with burnt-offerings? With calves -- sons of a year?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/micah/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />With what shall I come before Jehovah? I will bow to the high God; shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves, the sons of a year?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/micah/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />What shall I offer to the Lord that is worthy? wherewith shall I kneel before the high God? shall I offer holocausts unto him, and calves of a year old? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/micah/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />What worthy thing might I offer to the Lord, as I bend the knee before God on high? How could I offer holocausts to him, and one year-old calves?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/micah/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />With what shall I come before the LORD, and bow before God most high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/micah/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“With what shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/micah/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />With what shall I come before the LORD, and how shall I be pleasing before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, or with calves of a year old?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/micah/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />With what will I come before LORD JEHOVAH and will I please God Most High? Shall I come before him with peace burnings or with oneyear old calves?<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/micah/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, And bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before Him with burnt-offerings, With calves of a year old?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/micah/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Wherewithal shall I reach the Lord, <i>and</i> lay hold of my God most high? shall I reach him by whole-burnt-offerings, by calves of a year old?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/micah/6-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/V9AM9A76_xQ?start=931" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/micah/6.htm">The Case Against Israel</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’ ” <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: bam·māh (Prep-b:: Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">With what</a> <a href="/hebrew/6923.htm" title="6923: ’ă·qad·dêm (V-Piel-Imperf-1cs) -- To come or be in front, meet. A primitive root; to project, i.e. Precede; hence, to anticipate, hasten, meet.">shall I come before</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/3721.htm" title="3721: ’ik·kap̄ (V-Nifal-Imperf-1cs) -- To bend, bend down, be bent or bowed. A primitive root; to curve.">when I bow</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: lê·lō·hê (Prep-l:: N-mpc) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">before the God</a> <a href="/hebrew/4791.htm" title="4791: mā·rō·wm (N-ms) -- Height. From ruwm; altitude, i.e. Concretely, abstractly (elation), or adverbially (aloft).">on high?</a> <a href="/hebrew/6923.htm" title="6923: ha·’ă·qad·də·men·nū (V-Piel-Imperf-1cs:: 3mse) -- To come or be in front, meet. A primitive root; to project, i.e. Precede; hence, to anticipate, hasten, meet.">Should I come to Him</a> <a href="/hebrew/5930.htm" title="5930: ḇə·‘ō·w·lō·wṯ (Prep-b:: N-fp) -- Whole burnt offering. Or mowlah; feminine active participle of alah; a step or; usually a holocaust.">with burnt offerings,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">with year-old</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nāh (N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5695.htm" title="5695: ba·‘ă·ḡā·lîm (Prep-b:: N-mp) -- A calf. From the same as agol; a calf, especially one nearly grown.">calves?</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>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?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/51-16.htm">Psalm 51:16-17</a></span><br />For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings. / The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-11.htm">Isaiah 1:11-17</a></span><br />“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. / When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts? / Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/6-6.htm">Hosea 6:6</a></span><br />For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm">1 Samuel 15:22</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-21.htm">Amos 5:21-24</a></span><br />“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies. / Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard. / Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/9-13.htm">Matthew 9:13</a></span><br />But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-7.htm">Matthew 12:7</a></span><br />If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/12-33.htm">Mark 12:33</a></span><br />and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself. This is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-5.htm">Hebrews 10:5-10</a></span><br />Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me. / In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight. / Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/7-21.htm">Jeremiah 7:21-23</a></span><br />This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves! / For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices, / but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/21-3.htm">Proverbs 21:3</a></span><br />To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/40-6.htm">Psalm 40:6-8</a></span><br />Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require. / Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll: / I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-1.htm">Romans 12:1</a></span><br />Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/13-3.htm">1 Corinthians 13:3</a></span><br />If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-23.htm">Matthew 23:23</a></span><br />Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">With which shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?</p><p class="hdg">Wherewith.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/21-3.htm">2 Samuel 21:3</a></b></br> Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the LORD?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/19-16.htm">Matthew 19:16</a></b></br> And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/10-25.htm">Luke 10:25</a></b></br> And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?</p><p class="hdg">bow.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/22-29.htm">Psalm 22:29</a></b></br> All <i>they that be</i> fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/95-6.htm">Psalm 95:6</a></b></br> O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ephesians/3-14.htm">Ephesians 3:14</a></b></br> For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,</p><p class="hdg">the high.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/14-18.htm">Genesis 14:18-22</a></b></br> And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he <i>was</i> the priest of the most high God… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/3-26.htm">Daniel 3:26</a></b></br> Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, <i>and</i> spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come <i>hither</i>. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/4-9.htm">Daniel 4:9</a></b></br> O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods <i>is</i> in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.</p><p class="hdg">with.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/1-3.htm">Leviticus 1:3-17</a></b></br> If his offering <i>be</i> a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/23-1.htm">Numbers 23:1-4,14,15,29,30</a></b></br> And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hebrews/10-4.htm">Hebrews 10:4-10</a></b></br> For <i>it is</i> not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins… </p><p class="hdg">of a year old.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/12-5.htm">Exodus 12:5</a></b></br> Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take <i>it</i> out from the sheep, or from the goats:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/joel/2-6.htm">Bent</a> <a href="/micah/5-13.htm">Bow</a> <a href="/micah/1-7.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/amos/5-22.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/amos/5-22.htm">Burnt-Offerings</a> <a href="/amos/6-4.htm">Calves</a> <a href="/micah/4-1.htm">Exalted</a> <a href="/micah/2-13.htm">Head</a> <a href="/micah/5-9.htm">High</a> <a href="/amos/5-25.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/amos/6-12.htm">Oxen</a> <a href="/daniel/11-4.htm">Wherewith</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-6.htm">Yearling</a> <a href="/micah/5-8.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/habakkuk/1-9.htm">Bent</a> <a href="/habakkuk/3-6.htm">Bow</a> <a href="/nahum/1-5.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/matthew/13-40.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/mark/12-33.htm">Burnt-Offerings</a> <a href="/malachi/4-2.htm">Calves</a> <a href="/zechariah/12-7.htm">Exalted</a> <a href="/nahum/3-10.htm">Head</a> <a href="/habakkuk/2-9.htm">High</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-10.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/malachi/4-2.htm">Oxen</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-8.htm">Wherewith</a> <a href="/exodus/12-5.htm">Yearling</a> <a href="/nahum/2-11.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Micah 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/micah/6-1.htm">God's punishment for ingratitude;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/micah/6-6.htm">for ignorance,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/micah/6-10.htm">for injustice;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/micah/6-16.htm">and for idolatry.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/micah/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/micah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/micah/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>With what shall I come before the LORD</b><br>This phrase reflects a deep concern for approaching God in a manner that is acceptable to Him. In the Old Testament, approaching God required adherence to specific rituals and sacrifices as outlined in the Mosaic Law. The question implies a desire to understand the requirements for worship and relationship with God. This echoes the sentiment found in <a href="/psalms/24-3.htm">Psalm 24:3-4</a>, which asks who may ascend the hill of the Lord and stand in His holy place, emphasizing purity and righteousness.<p><b>when I bow before the God on high?</b><br>Bowing signifies an act of worship and submission, acknowledging God's sovereignty and majesty. The phrase "God on high" underscores His exalted position above all creation. This reflects the biblical understanding of God's transcendence, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/57-15.htm">Isaiah 57:15</a>, where God is described as dwelling in a high and holy place. The act of bowing also connects to the cultural practices of showing reverence to a king or deity.<p><b>Should I come to Him with burnt offerings,</b><br>Burnt offerings were a central part of Israelite worship, symbolizing atonement and dedication to God. <a href="/leviticus/1.htm">Leviticus 1</a> details the procedures for these offerings, which were to be completely consumed by fire, representing total surrender to God. The question here suggests a reflection on whether external rituals alone are sufficient to please God, a theme also explored in <a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm">1 Samuel 15:22</a>, where obedience is valued over sacrifice.<p><b>with year-old calves?</b><br>Year-old calves were considered prime offerings due to their value and purity, as specified in <a href="/leviticus/9-3.htm">Leviticus 9:3</a>. Offering such a valuable sacrifice indicates a desire to give God the best. However, the rhetorical nature of the question suggests a deeper inquiry into the nature of true worship. This anticipates the prophetic emphasis on justice, mercy, and humility over mere ritual, as later highlighted in <a href="/micah/6-8.htm">Micah 6:8</a>. The mention of calves also foreshadows the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, who fulfills and transcends the sacrificial system.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/micah.htm">Micah</a></b><br>A prophet in the 8th century BC, Micah was a contemporary of Isaiah and Hosea. He prophesied during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. His messages often focused on social justice and true worship.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, where Micah directed his prophecies. Judah was facing both internal corruption and external threats during Micah's time.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who desires true worship and justice rather than mere ritualistic offerings.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/burnt_offerings.htm">Burnt Offerings</a></b><br>A type of sacrifice in the Old Testament where the entire animal was consumed by fire, symbolizing complete surrender to God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/y/year-old_calves.htm">Year-old Calves</a></b><br>Considered a valuable offering, symbolizing the best of one's possessions given to God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/true_worship_over_rituals.htm">True Worship Over Rituals</a></b><br>God desires a heart of obedience and love rather than mere ritualistic offerings. Our worship should reflect a genuine relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_value_of_sacrifice.htm">The Value of Sacrifice</a></b><br>While sacrifices were part of the Old Testament law, they were meant to be expressions of a deeper commitment to God. Today, our "sacrifices" might be acts of service, giving, or worship, but they must stem from a sincere heart.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/self-examination.htm">Self-Examination</a></b><br>Like the people of Judah, we must examine our motives in worship. Are we offering God our best, or are we merely going through the motions?<br><br><b><a href="/topical/j/justice_and_mercy.htm">Justice and Mercy</a></b><br>Micah's message calls us to live out our faith through acts of justice and mercy, reflecting God's character in our interactions with others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/humility_before_god.htm">Humility Before God</a></b><br>Approaching God with humility and reverence is essential. We must recognize our dependence on Him and our need for His grace.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_micah_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Micah 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_demand_offerings_in_micah_6_6-7.htm">In Micah 6:6–7, why would God demand offerings if animals and human sacrifices are later condemned, creating an apparent inconsistency? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_the_biblical_prophet_micah.htm">Who was the biblical prophet Micah?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_giving_show_your_generosity.htm">How does giving reflect your heart's generosity?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'obedience_over_sacrifice'_mean.htm">What does "obedience is better than sacrifice" mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/micah/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">Wherewith shall I come</span> . . .?<span class= "ital">--</span>This has been taken by some commentators as Balak's question to Balaam, who gives his reply in <a href="/micah/6-8.htm" title="He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?">Micah 6:8</a>. Dean Stanley writes, after his picturesque manner, of "the short dialogue preserved, not by the Mosaic historian, but by the Prophet Micah, which at once exhibits the agony of the king and the lofty conceptions of the great Seer" (<span class= "ital">Jewish Church,</span> Lect. 8). But it is rather in harmony with the context to understand it as the alarmed and conscience-stricken reply of the Jewish people impersonated in some earnest speaker to the pleading brought before them by the prophet in the Lord's name.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/micah/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 6-8.</span> - § 2. <span class="accented">The people, awakened to its ingratitude and need of atonement, asks how to please God, and is referred for answer to the moral requirements of the Law.</span> <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - It is greatly doubted who is the speaker here. Bishop Butler, in his sermon "Upon the Character of Balaam," adopts the view that Balak is the speaker of vers. 6 and 7, and Balaam answers in ver. 8. Knabenbauer considers Micah himself as the interlocutor, speaking in the character of the people; which makes the apparent change of persons in ver. 8 very awkward. Most commentators, ancient and modern, take the questions in vers. 6 and 7 to be asked by the people personified, though they are not agreed as to the spirit from which they proceed, some thinking that they are uttered in self-righteousness, as if the speakers had done all that and more than could be required of them; others regarding the inquiries as representing a certain acknowledgment of sin and a desire for means of propitiation, though there is exhibited a want of appreciation of the nature of God and of the service which alone is acceptable to him. The latter view is most reasonable, and in accordance with Micah's manner. <span class="cmt_word">Wherewith</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> with what offering? The prophet represents the congregation as asking him to tell them how to propitiate the offended Lord, and obtain his favour. <span class="cmt_word">Come before;</span> <span class="accented">go to meet</span>, appear in the presence of the Lord. Septuagint, <span class="greek">καταλάβω</span>, "attain to." <span class="cmt_word">Bow myself before the high God;</span> literally, <span class="accented">God of the height</span>, who has his throne on high (<a href="/isaiah/33-5.htm">Isaiah 33:5</a>; <a href="/isaiah/57-15.htm">Isaiah 57:15</a>); Vulgate, <span class="accented">curvabo</span> <span class="accented">genu Deo excelso</span>; Septuagint, <span class="greek">ἀντιλήψομαι Θεοῦ μου ὑψίστου</span>, "shall I lay hold of my God most high." <span class="cmt_word">Calves of a year old.</span> Such were deemed the choicest victims (comp. <a href="/exodus/12-5.htm">Exodus 12:5</a>; <a href="/leviticus/9-2.htm">Leviticus 9:2, 3</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/micah/6-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">With what</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּמָּה֙</span> <span class="translit">(bam·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> </span><span class="str2">What?, what!, indefinitely what</span><br /><br /><span class="word">shall I come before</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲקַדֵּ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·qad·dêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6923.htm">Strong's 6923: </a> </span><span class="str2">To project, precede, to anticipate, hasten, meet</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">when I bow</span><br /><span class="heb">אִכַּ֖ף</span> <span class="translit">(’ik·kap̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3721.htm">Strong's 3721: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bend, bend down, be bent or bowed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before the God</span><br /><span class="heb">לֵאלֹהֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(lê·lō·hê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on high?</span><br /><span class="heb">מָר֑וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(mā·rō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4791.htm">Strong's 4791: </a> </span><span class="str2">Altitude</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Should I come to Him</span><br /><span class="heb">הַאֲקַדְּמֶ֣נּוּ</span> <span class="translit">(ha·’ă·qad·də·men·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6923.htm">Strong's 6923: </a> </span><span class="str2">To project, precede, to anticipate, hasten, meet</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with burnt offerings,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְעוֹל֔וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·‘ō·w·lō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5930.htm">Strong's 5930: </a> </span><span class="str2">Whole burnt offering</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with year-old</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">calves?</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּעֲגָלִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(ba·‘ă·ḡā·lîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5695.htm">Strong's 5695: </a> </span><span class="str2">A, calf, one nearly grown</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/micah/6-6.htm">Micah 6:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/micah/6-6.htm">Micah 6:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/micah/6-6.htm">Micah 6:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/micah/6-6.htm">Micah 6:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/micah/6-6.htm">Micah 6:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/micah/6-6.htm">Micah 6:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/micah/6-6.htm">Micah 6:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/micah/6-6.htm">Micah 6:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/micah/6-6.htm">Micah 6:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/micah/6-6.htm">Micah 6:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/micah/6-6.htm">OT Prophets: Micah 6:6 How shall I come before Yahweh (Mc Mic. 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