Micah 6 · Verse 4

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.
Micah 6:4, King James Version

Micah 6:4 in other translations

BSBFor I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery. I sent Moses before you, as well as Aaron and Miriam.
WEBFor I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage. I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
ASVFor I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
YLTFor I brought thee up from the land of Egypt, And from the house of servants I have ransomed thee, And I send before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
DARBYFor I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
BBEFor I took you up out of the land of Egypt and made you free from the prison-house; I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
WebsterFor I brought thee out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee from the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

What does Micah 6:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. For--On the contrary, so far from doing anything harsh, I did thee every kindness from the earliest years of thy nationality. Miriam--mentioned, as being the prophetess who led the female chorus who sang the song of Moses (Ex 15:20). God sent Moses to give the best laws; Aaron to pray for the people; Miriam as an example to the women of Israel.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt - Where you were slaves, and grievously oppressed; from all this I redeemed you. Was this a small benefit? I sent before thee Moses, my chosen servant, and instructed him that he might be your leader and lawgiver. I sent with him Aaron, that he might be your priest and transact all spiritual matters between myself and you, in offerings, sacrifices, and atonements. I sent Miriam, to whom I gave the spirit of prophecy, that she might tell you things to come, and be the director of your females. To this sense the Chaldee, "I have sent three prophets before you; Moses, that he might teach you the tradition of judgments, Aaron, that he might make atonement for the people; and Miriam, that she might instruct the females."

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 6:4 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.

כִּ֤יkiforH3588
הֶעֱלִתִ֙יךָ֙he.'e.li.Ti.khaI brought up youH5927
מֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzfrom [the] land ofH776
מִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714
וּמִבֵּ֥יתu.mi.Beitand from a house ofH1004
עֲבָדִ֖ים'a.va.DimslavesH5650
פְּדִיתִ֑יךָpe.di.Ti.khaI ransomed youH6299
וָאֶשְׁלַ֣חva.'esh.Lachand I sentH7971
לְפָנֶ֔יךָle.fa.Nei.kha<to> before youH6440
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מֹשֶׁ֖הmo.ShehMosesH4872
אַהֲרֹ֥ן'a.ha.RonAaronH175
וּמִרְיָֽם\׃u.mir.Yamand MiriamH4813

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Cross references for Micah 6:4

  • Deuteronomy 7:8

    But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

  • Exodus 12:51

    And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the Lord did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.

  • Psalms 136:10-11

    To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever: And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever:

  • Exodus 15:20-21

    And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

  • Jeremiah 32:21

    And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror;

  • Exodus 20:2

    I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

  • Isaiah 63:9-12

    In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them. Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him? That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?

  • 2 Samuel 7:23

    And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?

  • Numbers 12:1

    And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.

  • Amos 2:10

    Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

  • Psalms 77:20

    Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

  • Acts 7:36

    He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I brought.
Ex 12:51; 14:30,31; 20:2; De 4:20,34; 5:6; 9:26; Ne 9:9-11
Ps 78:51-53; 106:7-10; 136:10,11; Isa 63:9-12; Jer 32:21
Eze 20:5-9; Am 2:10; Ac 7:36
and redeemed.
De 7:8; 15:15; 24:18; 2Sa 7:23
Moses.
Ex 15:20,21; Nu 12:1

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Context

  • 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.

  • 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.

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Micah 6:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Porque yo te hice subir de la tierra de Egipto, y de la casa de siervos te redimí; y envié delante de ti á Moisés, y á Aarón, y á María.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Car je t’ai fait monter du pays d’Égypte, et je t’ai racheté de la maison de servitude; et j’ai envoyé devant toi Moïse, Aaron et Marie.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Denn ich habe dich aus dem Lande Ägypten heraufgeführt und aus dem Diensthause dich erlöst; und ich habe Mose, Aaron und Mirjam vor dir hergesandt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quia eduxi te de terra Ægypti, et de domo servientium liberavi te, et misi ante faciem tuam Moysen, et Aaron, et Mariam.