KJV King James Version
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
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Psalm 40:6
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
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BSB 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.
WEB World English Bible
Sacrifice and offering you didn’t desire. You have opened my ears. You have not required burnt offering and sin offering.
ASV 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.
YLT 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.
Surrounding context — Psalm 40
3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, [even] praise unto our God: many shall see [it], and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
4 Blessed [is] that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
5 Many, O LORD my God, [are] thy wonderful works [which] thou hast done, and thy thoughts [which are] to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: [if] I would declare and speak [of them], they are more than can be numbered.
6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book [it is] written of me,
8 I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law [is] within my heart.
9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
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זֶ֤בַחH2077 · ze.vachsacrificeוּמִנְחָ֨ה׀H4503 · min.chahofferingלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotחָפַ֗צְתָּH2654 · cha.phetsto delight inאָ֭זְנַיִםH241 · o.zenearכָּרִ֣יתָH3738 · khurto digלִּ֑יH9030 · nimeעוֹלָ֥הH5930 · o.lahburnt offeringוַ֝חֲטָאָ֗הH2401 · cha.ta.ahsinלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotשָׁאָֽלְתָּ׃H7592 · sha.alto ask
Cross-references
Hebrews 10:5-12Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:Isaiah 1:11To 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.1 Samuel 15:22And 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.Psalm 51:16For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give [it]: thou delightest not in burnt offering.Hosea 6:6For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.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.Matthew 12:7But if ye had known what [this] meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.Amos 5:22Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept [them]: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.Jeremiah 7:21-23Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh.Job 33:16Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,Isaiah 66:3He that killeth an ox [is as if] he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, [as if] he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, [as if he offered] swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, [as if] he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.Psalm 50:8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, [to have been] continually before me.Isaiah 50:4-5The 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.Exodus 21:6Then 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.
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