KJV King James Version
[This] also shall please the LORD better than an ox [or] bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Psalm 69:31
[This] also shall please the LORD better than an ox [or] bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And this will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves.
WEB World English Bible
It will please Yahweh better than an ox, or a bull that has horns and hoofs.
ASV American Standard Version
And it will please Jehovah better than an ox, Or a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And it is better to Jehovah than an ox, A bullock—horned—hoofed.
Surrounding context — Psalm 69
28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
29 But I [am] poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving.
31 [This] also shall please the LORD better than an ox [or] bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
32 The humble shall see [this, and] be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God.
33 For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.
34 Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
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Hebrews 13:15By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of [our] lips giving thanks to his name.Psalm 50:13-14Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?Psalm 50:23Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth [his] conversation [aright] will I shew the salvation of God.1 Peter 2:5Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.Ephesians 5:19-20Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;Hosea 14:2Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive [us] graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
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