Isaiah 40:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁶ Lebanon would not provide fuel enough, nor are its animals enough for a burnt offering.]]

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And all Lebanon's [forests] cannot supply sufficient fuel, nor all its wild beasts furnish victims enough to burn sacrifices [worthy of the Lord].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Lebanon doesn’t have enough fuel; its animals aren’t enough for an entirely burned offering.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And Lebanon will not be sufficient to start a fire, and its animals will not be sufficient for a burnt offering.

Isaiah 40:16 Cross References

Psalm 40:6

Sacrifice and offering you do not desire, but you have given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required.