Micah 6:7 (GNV)

Passage

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?

Nearby Context

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.

Micah 6:9 The Lordes voyce cryeth vnto the citie, and the man of wisedome shall see thy name: Heare the rodde, and who hath appoynted it.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lord", "pleased", "thousands", "rams", "riuers", "oyle", and "shall". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lord" and "pleased", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "Wherewith shall I come before the Lord..." into verse 8's "He hath shewed thee O man what...", so "lord" and "pleased" 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 "lord" and "pleased" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.