Psalm 40:6 - The Scriptures 1998 Slaughtering and meal offering You did not desire; You have opened my ears; Burnt offering and sin offering You did not ask for. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; Mine ears hast thou opened: Burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Sacrifice and offering You do not desire, nor have You delight in them; You have given me the capacity to hear and obey [Your law, a more valuable service than] burnt offerings and sin offerings [which] You do not require. American Standard Version (1901) Sacrifice and offering thou hast no delight in; Mine ears hast thou opened: Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not required. Common English Bible You don’t relish sacrifices or offerings; you don’t require entirely burned offerings or compensation offerings— but you have given me ears! Catholic Public Domain Version My enemies have spoken evils against me. When will he die and his name perish? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version My enemies have spoken evils against me: when shall he die and his name perish? |
If I should count them, They would be more than the sand; When I wake up, I am still with You.
“I do not reprove you for your slaughterings, And your burnt offerings are continually before Me.
For You do not desire slaughtering, or I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering.
My mouth recounts Your righteousness Your deliverance all the day, Though I do not know their numbers.
then his master shall bring him before Elohim, and shall bring him to the door, or to the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl. And he shall serve him forever.
“Of what use to Me are your many slaughterings?” declares יהוה. “I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts. I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs or goats.
O יהוה, You are my Elohim. I exalt You, I praise Your Name, for You shall do a wonder – counsels of long ago, trustworthiness, truth.
“But whoever slaughters the bull slays a man; whoever slaughters the lamb breaks a dog’s neck; whoever brings a grain offering – pig’s blood; whoever burns incense blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways, and their being delights in their abominations.
“For I delight in kindness and not slaughtering, and in the knowledge of Elohim more than burnt offerings.
“Though you offer Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I do not accept them, nor do I look on your fattened peace offerings.
“And if you had known what this means, ‘I desire compassion and not offering,’ you would not have condemned the blameless.
“But go and learn what this means, ‘I desire compassion and not offering.’ For I did not come to call the righteous to repentance, but sinners.”