Micah 7:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ The nations shall see and be ashamed of all their might; they shall lay their hands on their mouths; their ears shall be deaf;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ The nations shall see [God's deliverance] and be ashamed of all their might [which cannot be compared to His]. They shall lay their hands upon their mouths in consternation; their ears shall be deaf.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Nations will see and be ashamed of all their strength; they will cover their mouths; their ears will be deaf.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ The nations will look, and they will be confounded at the strength of them all. They will place hand over mouth; their ears will be deaf.

Micah 7:16 Cross References

Isaiah 26:11

O Lord, your hand is lifted up, but they do not see it. Let them see your zeal for your people and be ashamed. Let the fire for your adversaries consume them.

Isaiah 52:15

so he shall startle many nations; kings shall shut their mouths because of him, for that which had not been told them they shall see, and that which they had not heard they shall contemplate.

Job 40:4

“See, I am of small account; what shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.

Revelation 11:18

The nations raged, but your wrath has come, and the time for judging the dead, for rewarding your servants, the prophets and saints and all who fear your name, both small and great, and for destroying those who destroy the earth.”

Romans 3:19

Now we know that, whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.

Zechariah 12:9

And on that day I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.

Micah 5:8

And among the nations the remnant of Jacob, surrounded by many peoples, shall be like a lion among the animals of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, which, when it goes through, treads down and tears in pieces, with no one to deliver.

Ezekiel 38:23

So I will display my greatness and my holiness and make myself known in the eyes of many nations. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.

Isaiah 66:18

for I know their works and their thoughts. I am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they shall come and shall see my glory,

Psalm 126:2

Then our mouth was filled with laughter and our tongue with shouts of joy; then it was said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.”

Job 21:5

Look at me and be appalled, and lay your hand upon your mouth.

Proverbs 30:32

If you have been foolish, exalting yourself, or if you have been devising evil, put your hand on your mouth.

Micah 3:7

the seers shall be disgraced and the diviners put to shame; they shall all cover their lips, for there is no answer from God.

Haggai 2:22

and to overthrow the throne of kingdoms; I am about to destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations and overthrow the chariots and their riders, and the horses and their riders shall fall, every one by the sword of a comrade.