KJV King James Version
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.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
Samuel said, “Has Yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Yahweh? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.
ASV American Standard Version
And Samuel said, Hath Jehovah as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Jehovah? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Samuel saith, ‘Hath Jehovah had delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices as in hearkening to the voice of Jehovah? lo, hearkening than sacrifice is better; to give attention than fat of rams;
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 15
19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?
20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.
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.
23 For rebellion [is as] the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness [is as] iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from [being] king.
24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.
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וַיֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayשְׁמוּאֵ֗לH8050 · she.mu.elSamuelהַחֵ֤פֶץH2656 · che.phetspleasureלַֽיהוָה֙H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDבְּעֹל֣וֹתH5930 · o.lahburnt offeringוּזְבָחִ֔יםH2077 · ze.vachsacrificeכִּשְׁמֹ֖עַH8085 · sha.mato hear: hearבְּק֣וֹלH6963 · qolvoiceיְהוָ֑הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDהִנֵּ֤הH2009 · hin.nehbeholdשְׁמֹ֙עַ֙H8085 · sha.mato hear: hearמִזֶּ֣בַחH2077 · ze.vachsacrificeט֔וֹבH2896 · tovpleasantלְהַקְשִׁ֖יבH7181 · qa.shavto listenמֵחֵ֥לֶבH2459 · che.levfatאֵילִֽים׃H352 · a.yilram
Cross-references
Hosea 6:6For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.Psalm 51:16-17For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give [it]: thou delightest not in burnt offering.Proverbs 21:3To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.Amos 5:21-24I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.Mark 12:33And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love [his] neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.Matthew 9:13But go ye and learn what [that] meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.Micah 6:6-8Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, [and] bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?Jeremiah 7:22-23For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:Psalm 40:6-8Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.Ecclesiastes 5:1Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.Isaiah 1:11-17To what purpose [is] the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.Matthew 12:7But if ye had known what [this] meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.Hebrews 10:4-10For [it is] not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.Matthew 23:23Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier [matters] of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.Psalm 50:8-9I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, [to have been] continually before me.Matthew 5:24Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.Jeremiah 26:13Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.Exodus 19:5Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth [is] mine:
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