Micah 6:6 (GNV)

Passage

Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bowe my selfe before the hie God? Shall I come before him with burnt offrings, and with calues of a yeere olde?

Nearby Context

Micah 6:4 Surely I brought thee vp out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of seruants, and I haue sent before thee, Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

Micah 6:5 O my people, remember nowe what Balak King of Moab had deuised, and what Balaam the sonne of Beor answered him, from Shittim vnto Gilgal, that ye may knowe the righteousnes of the Lord.

Micah 6:6 Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bowe my selfe before the hie God? Shall I come before him with burnt offrings, and with calues of a yeere olde?

Micah 6:7 Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousand riuers of oyle? shall I giue my first borne for my transgression, euen the fruite of my bodie, for the sinne of my soule?

Micah 6:8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good, and what the Lord requireth of thee: surely to doe iustly, and to loue mercie, and to humble thy selfe, to walke with thy God.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "wherewith", "shall", "come", "before", "lord", "bowe", and "selfe". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "wherewith" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "O my people remember nowe what Balak..." into verse 7's "Will the Lord be pleased with thousands...", so "wherewith" and "shall" belong inside that flow. In Micah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "wherewith" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.