Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Sacrifice and offering you did not desire— but my ears you have opened — burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require. New Living Translation You take no delight in sacrifices or offerings. Now that you have made me listen, I finally understand— you don’t require burnt offerings or sin offerings. English Standard Version In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted, but you have given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required. Berean Standard Bible Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require. King James Bible Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. New King James Version Sacrifice and offering You did not desire; My ears You have opened. Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require. New American Standard Bible You have not desired sacrifice and meal offering; You have opened my ears; You have not required burnt offering and sin offering. NASB 1995 Sacrifice and meal offering You have not desired; My ears You have opened; Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required. NASB 1977 Sacrifice and meal offering Thou hast not desired; My ears Thou hast opened; Burnt offering and sin offering Thou hast not required. Legacy Standard Bible Sacrifice and meal offering You have not desired; My ears You have opened; Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required. Amplified Bible Sacrifice and meal offering You do not desire, nor do You delight in them; You have opened my ears and given me the capacity to hear [and obey Your word]; Burnt offerings and sin offerings You do not require. Christian Standard Bible You do not delight in sacrifice and offering; you open my ears to listen. You do not ask for a whole burnt offering or a sin offering. Holman Christian Standard Bible You do not delight in sacrifice and offering; You open my ears to listen. You do not ask for a whole burnt offering or a sin offering. American Standard Version Sacrifice and offering thou hast no delight in; Mine ears hast thou opened: Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not required. Contemporary English Version Sacrifices and offerings are not what please you; gifts and payment for sin are not what you demand. But you made me willing to listen and obey. English Revised Version Sacrifice and offering thou hast no delight in; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. GOD'S WORD® Translation You were not pleased with sacrifices and offerings. You have dug out two ears for me. You did not ask for burnt offerings or sacrifices for sin. Good News Translation You do not want sacrifices and offerings; you do not ask for animals burned whole on the altar or for sacrifices to take away sins. Instead, you have given me ears to hear you, International Standard Version You take no delight in sacrifices and offerings— you have prepared my ears to listen— you require no burnt offerings or sacrifices for sin. Majority Standard Bible Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require. NET Bible Receiving sacrifices and offerings are not your primary concern. You make that quite clear to me! You do not ask for burnt sacrifices and sin offerings. New Heart English Bible Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me. Whole burnt offering and sin offering you did not require. Webster's Bible Translation Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; my ears hast thou opened: burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not required. World English Bible Sacrifice and offering you didn’t desire. You have opened my ears. You have not required burnt offering and sin offering. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionSacrifice and present You have not desired, "" But a body You have prepared for me, "" Burnt and sin-offering You have not asked. Young's Literal Translation Sacrifice and present Thou hast not desired, Ears Thou hast prepared for me, Burnt and sin-offering Thou hast not asked. Smith's Literal Translation Sacrifice and a gift thou didst not delight in; the ears thou didst pierce to me: burnt-offering and sin thou didst not ask. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleSacrifice and oblation thou didst not desire; but thou hast pierced ears for me. Burnt offering and sin offering thou didst not require : Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible Sacrifice and offering you do not want; you opened my ears. Holocaust and sin-offering you do not request; New Revised Standard Version Sacrifice and offering you do not desire, but you have given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleSacrifices and offerings thou didst not desire; but as for me, I now have understanding; burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated With sacrifices and with offerings you have not been pleased, but you have pierced the ears for me; burnt peace offerings for sin you have not requested. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Sacrifice and meal-offering Thou hast no delight in; Mine ears hast Thou opened; Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast Thou not required. Brenton Septuagint Translation Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not; but a body hast thou prepared me: whole-burnt-offering and sacrifice for sin thou didst not require. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context I Waited Patiently for the LORD…5Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders You have done, and the plans You have for us—none can compare to You—if I proclaim and declare them, they are more than I can count. 6Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require. 7Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll:… Cross References Hebrews 10:5-10 Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me. / In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight. / Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’” ... 1 Samuel 15:22 But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams. Isaiah 1:11-17 “What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. / When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts? / Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly. ... Jeremiah 7:21-23 This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves! / For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices, / but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you. Amos 5:21-24 “I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies. / Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard. / Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. ... Micah 6:6-8 With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves? / Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? / He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? Hosea 6:6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. Matthew 9:13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” Mark 12:33 and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself. This is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.” Romans 12:1 Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. 1 Peter 1:18-19 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers, / but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot. Matthew 12:7 If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent. Proverbs 21:3 To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice. Psalm 51:16-17 For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings. / The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise. Isaiah 66:3 Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations. Treasury of Scripture Sacrifice and offering you did not desire; my ears have you opened: burnt offering and sin offering have you not required. Sacrifice Psalm 50:8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me. Psalm 51:16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. 1 Samuel 15:22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. mine ears Exodus 21:6 Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever. Job 33:16 Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, Isaiah 50:4,5 The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned… opened [heb. Jump to Previous Beasts Burned Burnt Burnt-Offering Delight Demanded Desire Desired Ear Ears Earth Fruits Meal Meal-Offering Oblation Offering Offerings Open Opened Pierced Prepared Present Request Require Required Sacrifice Sin Sin-OfferingJump to Next Beasts Burned Burnt Burnt-Offering Delight Demanded Desire Desired Ear Ears Earth Fruits Meal Meal-Offering Oblation Offering Offerings Open Opened Pierced Prepared Present Request Require Required Sacrifice Sin Sin-OfferingPsalm 40 1. The benefit of confidence in God6. Obedience is the best sacrifice 11. The sense of David's evils inflames his prayer Sacrifice and offering The Hebrew words for "sacrifice" (זֶבַח, zevach) and "offering" (מִנְחָה, minchah) refer to the ritualistic practices central to the Old Testament worship system. Sacrifices were often animal offerings, while offerings could include grain or other non-animal gifts. Historically, these practices were instituted by God as a means for His people to express devotion, seek atonement, and maintain a covenant relationship with Him. However, this verse suggests a deeper spiritual truth: God desires more than ritual; He seeks a heart aligned with His will. You did not desire but my ears You have opened Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Sacrificeזֶ֤בַח (ze·ḇaḥ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2077: A slaughter, the flesh of an animal, a sacrifice and offering וּמִנְחָ֨ה ׀ (ū·min·ḥāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4503: A donation, tribute, a sacrificial offering You did not לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no desire, חָפַ֗צְתָּ (ḥā·p̄aṣ·tā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 2654: To incline to, to bend, to be pleased with, desire but my ears אָ֭זְנַיִם (’ā·zə·na·yim) Noun - fd Strong's 241: Broadness, the ear You have opened. כָּרִ֣יתָ (kā·rî·ṯā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 3738: To dig, to plot, to bore, open Burnt offerings עוֹלָ֥ה (‘ō·w·lāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5930: Whole burnt offering and sin offerings וַ֝חֲטָאָ֗ה (wa·ḥă·ṭā·’āh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2401: An offence, a sacrifice for, it You did not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no require. שָׁאָֽלְתָּ׃ (šā·’ā·lə·tā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 7592: To inquire, to request, to demand Links Psalm 40:6 NIVPsalm 40:6 NLT Psalm 40:6 ESV Psalm 40:6 NASB Psalm 40:6 KJV Psalm 40:6 BibleApps.com Psalm 40:6 Biblia Paralela Psalm 40:6 Chinese Bible Psalm 40:6 French Bible Psalm 40:6 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 40:6 Sacrifice and offering you didn't desire (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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