20You will be true to Jacob, and show mercy to Abraham, as you pledged on oath to our fathers in days long ago.


In Context

17 They will lick dust like a snake, like creatures that crawl on the ground. They will come trembling out of their dens; they will turn in fear to the Lord our God and will be afraid of you.

18 Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy.

19 You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.

20 You will be true to Jacob, and show mercy to Abraham, as you pledged on oath to our fathers in days long ago.

Micah 7:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:20Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, [and] the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:20Thou wilt perform the truth of Jacob, the mercy to Abraham: which thou hast sworn to our fathers from the days of old.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:20Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the lovingkindness to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:20Thou wilt perform truth to Jacob, loving-kindness to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers, from the days of old.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:20Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:20Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn to our fathers from the days of old.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:20You will give truth to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:20Thou givest truth to Jacob, kindness to Abraham, That thou hast sworn to our fathers, from the days of antiquity!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:20You will perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.