16The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.


In Context

13 Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell in it, for the fruit of their doings.

14 Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thy heritage, who dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

15 According to the days of thy departure from the land of Egypt will I show to him marvelous things.

16 The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.

17 They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee.

18 Who is a God like to thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

Micah 7:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:16The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay [their] hand upon [their] mouth, their ears shall be deaf.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:16Nations will see and be ashamed, deprived of all their power. They will lay their hands on their mouths and their ears will become deaf.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:16The nations shall see, and shall be confounded at all their strength: they shall put the hand upon the mouth, their ears shall be deaf.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:16The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hand upon their mouth; their ears shall be deaf.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:16The nations shall see, and be ashamed for all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:16The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:16The nations will see and be ashamed of all their might. They will lay their hand on their mouth. Their ears will be deaf.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:16See do nations, and they are ashamed of all their might, They lay a hand on the mouth, their ears are deaf.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:16The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand on their mouth, their ears shall be deaf.