Micah 6 · Verse 3

Micah 6:3

O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.
Micah 6:3, King James Version

Micah 6:3 in other translations

BSB‘My people, what have I done to you? Testify against Me how I have wearied you!
WEBMy people, what have I done to you? How have I burdened you? Answer me!
ASVO my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.
YLTO My people, what have I done to thee? And what--have I wearied thee? Testify against Me.
DARBYO my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.
BBEO my people, what have I done to you? how have I been a weariness to you? give answer against me.
WebsterO my people, what have I done to thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me,

What does Micah 6:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. my people--the greatest aggravation of their sin, that God always treated them, and still treats them, as His people. what have I done unto thee?--save kindness, that thou revoltest from Me (Jr 2:5, 31). wherein have I wearied thee?--What commandments have I enjoined that should have wearied thee as irksome (1Jo 5:3)?

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 O my people, what have I done unto thee? - They are called to show why God should not pronounce sentence upon them. This condescension is truly astonishing! God appears to humble himself to his creatures. You have acted basely, treacherously, and ungratefully to me; this had already been proved by the prophets. What cause have I given you for such conduct? I have required a religious service from you; but have I wearied you by a fatiguing round of difficult duties? If I have, now testify against me; and you shall be first heard, and your plea received, if it be reasonable and good. They are silent; and God proceeds, and states what he has done for them.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Micah 6:1-5

The people are called upon to declare why they were weary of God's worship, and prone to idolatry. Sin causes the controversy between God and man. God reasons with us, to teach us to reason with ourselves. Let them remember God's many favours to them and their fathers, and compare with them their unworthy, ungrateful conduct toward him.

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Micah 6:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עַמִּ֛י'a.MiO people myH5971
מֶה\־meh-what?H4100
עָשִׂ֥יתִי'a.Si.tihave I doneH6213
לְךָ֖le.Khato you
וּמָ֣הu.Mahand what?H4100
הֶלְאֵתִ֑יךָhel.'e.Ti.khahave I made weary youH3811
עֲנֵ֥ה'a.NehtestifyH6030
בִֽי\׃Viagainst me

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Micah 6:3

  • Jeremiah 2:5

    Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

  • Isaiah 43:22-23

    But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel. Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.

  • Psalms 81:13

    Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

  • Jeremiah 2:31

    O generation, see ye the word of the Lord. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee?

  • Psalms 50:7

    Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.

  • Romans 3:19

    Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.

  • Micah 6:5

    O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the Lord.

  • Romans 3:4-5

    God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged. But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)

  • Psalms 81:8

    Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

  • Psalms 51:4

    Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
O my.
5; Ps 50:7; 81:8,13
what.
Jer 2:5,31
wherein.
Isa 43:22,23
testify.
Ps 51:4; Ro 3:4,5,19

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Context

  • Micah 6:2

    Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord’s controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the Lord hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel.

  • Micah 6:3

    O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.

  • Micah 6:4

    For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

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Micah 6:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Pueblo mío, ¿qué te he hecho, ó en qué te he molestado? Responde contra mí.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mon peuple, que t’ai-je fait, et en quoi t’ai-je lassé? Réponds-moi!
German
Elberfelder 1871
"Mein Volk, was habe ich dir getan, und womit habe ich dich ermüdet? Lege Zeugnis gegen mich ab!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Popule meus, quid feci tibi? aut quid molestus fui tibi? Responde mihi.