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


In Context

17 They will lick the dust like a serpent. Like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their dens. They will come with fear to Yahweh our God, and will be afraid because of you.

18 Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn't retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness.

19 He will again have compassion on us. He will tread our iniquities under foot; and you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

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

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:20You will be true to Jacob, and show mercy to Abraham, as you pledged on oath to our fathers in days long ago.

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 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.