Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version You will be faithful to Jacob, and show love to Abraham, as you pledged on oath to our ancestors in days long ago. New Living Translation You will show us your faithfulness and unfailing love as you promised to our ancestors Abraham and Jacob long ago. English Standard Version You will show faithfulness to Jacob and steadfast love to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old. Berean Standard Bible You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old. King James Bible Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old. New King James Version You will give truth to Jacob And mercy to Abraham, Which You have sworn to our fathers From days of old. New American Standard Bible You will give truth to Jacob And favor to Abraham, Which You swore to our forefathers From the days of old. NASB 1995 You will give truth to Jacob And unchanging love to Abraham, Which You swore to our forefathers From the days of old. NASB 1977 Thou wilt give truth to Jacob And unchanging love to Abraham, Which Thou didst swear to our forefathers From the days of old. Legacy Standard Bible You will give truth to Jacob And lovingkindness to Abraham, Which You swore to our fathers From the days of old. Amplified Bible You shall give truth to Jacob And lovingkindness and mercy to Abraham, As You have sworn to our forefathers From the days of old. Christian Standard Bible You will show loyalty to Jacob and faithful love to Abraham, as you swore to our ancestors from days long ago. Holman Christian Standard Bible You will show loyalty to Jacob and faithful love to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from days long ago. American Standard Version Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the lovingkindness to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old. Contemporary English Version You will keep your word and be faithful to Jacob and to Abraham, as you promised our ancestors many years ago. English Revised Version Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old. GOD'S WORD® Translation You will be faithful to Jacob. You will have mercy on Abraham as you swore by an oath to our ancestors long ago. Good News Translation You will show your faithfulness and constant love to your people, the descendants of Abraham and of Jacob, as you promised our ancestors long ago. International Standard Version You will remain true to Jacob, and merciful to Abraham, as you promised our ancestors long ago. Majority Standard Bible You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old. NET Bible You will be loyal to Jacob and extend your loyal love to Abraham, which you promised on oath to our ancestors in ancient times. New Heart English Bible You will give truth to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old. Webster's Bible Translation Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn to our fathers from the days of old. World English Bible You will give truth to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionYou give truth to Jacob, kindness to Abraham, "" That You have sworn to our fathers, from the days of antiquity! Young's Literal Translation Thou givest truth to Jacob, kindness to Abraham, That thou hast sworn to our fathers, from the days of antiquity! Smith's Literal Translation Thou wilt give truth to Jacob, mercy to Abraham, which thou didst swear to our fathers from the days of old. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThou wilt perform the truth of Jacob, the mercy to Abraham: which thou hast sworn to our fathers from the days of old. Catholic Public Domain Version You will give the truth to Jacob, mercy to Abraham, which you swore to our fathers from the ancient days. New American Bible You will show faithfulness to Jacob, and loyalty to Abraham, As you have sworn to our ancestors from days of old. New Revised Standard Version You will show faithfulness to Jacob and unswerving loyalty to Abraham, as you have sworn to our ancestors from the days of old. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThou wilt grant truth to Jacob and mercy to Abraham, as thou hast sworn to our fathers from the days of old. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated You shall give truth to Yaqob and grace to Abraham which you swore to our fathers from the days of antiquity OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Thou wilt show faithfulness to Jacob, mercy to Abraham, As Thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old. Brenton Septuagint Translation He shall give blessings truly to Jacob, and mercy to Abraam, as thou swarest to our fathers, according to the former days. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God's Compassion on Israel…19He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea. 20You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old. Cross References Genesis 12:1-3 Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you. / I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. / I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.” Genesis 22:16-18 saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son, / I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies. / And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.” Genesis 28:13-15 And there at the top the LORD was standing and saying, “I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you now lie. / Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. / Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.” Exodus 34:6-7 Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness, / maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.” Psalm 105:8-10 He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations— / the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac. / He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant: Isaiah 54:10 Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you. Jeremiah 31:33-34 “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. / No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.” Ezekiel 37:26-28 And I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant. I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary among them forever. / My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people. / Then the nations will know that I the LORD sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is among them forever.’” Hosea 2:19-20 So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion. / And I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will know the LORD.” Zechariah 9:11 As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit. Luke 1:72-73 to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant, / the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us John 1:17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. Acts 3:25-26 And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’ / When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.” Romans 11:26-27 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob. / And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.” Galatians 3:16 The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ. Treasury of Scripture You will perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old. Genesis 12:2,3 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: … Genesis 17:7,8 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee… Genesis 22:16-18 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: … Jump to Previous Abraham Ago Antiquity Clear Faith Faithfulness Fathers Forefathers Givest Good Jacob Kindness Love Mercy Oath Past Perform Pledged Show Steadfast Swore Sworn Times Truth Unchanging WiltJump to Next Abraham Ago Antiquity Clear Faith Faithfulness Fathers Forefathers Givest Good Jacob Kindness Love Mercy Oath Past Perform Pledged Show Steadfast Swore Sworn Times Truth Unchanging WiltMicah 7 1. The church, complaining of her small number,3. and the general corruption, 5. puts her confidence not in man, but in God. 8. She triumphs over her enemies. 14. She prays to God. 15. God comforts her by promises of confusion to her enemies; 18. and by his mercies. You will show faithfulness The Hebrew word for "faithfulness" is "emet," which conveys a sense of truth, reliability, and steadfastness. In the context of the covenant relationship between God and His people, this term underscores God's unwavering commitment to His promises. Historically, the Israelites experienced God's faithfulness through His deliverance and guidance, despite their frequent disobedience. This assurance of divine faithfulness is a cornerstone of the believer's trust in God's unchanging nature. to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham as You swore to our fathers from the days of old
Hebrew You will showתִּתֵּ֤ן (tit·tên) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set loyalty אֱמֶת֙ (’ĕ·meṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 571: Stability, certainty, truth, trustworthiness to Jacob לְיַֽעֲקֹ֔ב (lə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc and loving devotion חֶ֖סֶד (ḥe·seḏ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2617: Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty to Abraham, לְאַבְרָהָ֑ם (lə·’aḇ·rā·hām) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 85: Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nation as אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that You swore נִשְׁבַּ֥עְתָּ (niš·ba‘·tā) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 7650: To seven oneself, swear to our fathers לַאֲבֹתֵ֖ינוּ (la·’ă·ḇō·ṯê·nū) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural Strong's 1: Father from days מִ֥ימֵי (mî·mê) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 3117: A day of old. קֶֽדֶם׃ (qe·ḏem) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6924: The front, of place, time Links Micah 7:20 NIVMicah 7:20 NLT Micah 7:20 ESV Micah 7:20 NASB Micah 7:20 KJV Micah 7:20 BibleApps.com Micah 7:20 Biblia Paralela Micah 7:20 Chinese Bible Micah 7:20 French Bible Micah 7:20 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Micah 7:20 You will give truth to Jacob (Mc Mic. Mi) |