KJV King James Version
I will take no bullock out of thy house, [nor] he goats out of thy folds.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Psalm 50:9
I will take no bullock out of thy house, [nor] he goats out of thy folds.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,
WEB World English Bible
I have no need for a bull from your stall, nor male goats from your pens.
ASV American Standard Version
I will take no bullock out of thy house, Nor he-goats out of thy folds.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
I take not from thy house a bullock, From thy folds he goats.
Surrounding context — Psalm 50
6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God [is] judge himself. Selah.
7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I [am] God, [even] thy God.
8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, [to have been] continually before me.
9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, [nor] he goats out of thy folds.
10 For every beast of the forest [is] mine, [and] the cattle upon a thousand hills.
11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field [are] mine.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world [is] mine, and the fulness thereof.
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Cross-references
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?Hebrews 10:4-6For [it is] not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.Acts 17:25Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;Psalm 69:31[This] also shall please the LORD better than an ox [or] bullock that hath horns and hoofs.Isaiah 43:23-24Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense.
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