Psalm 40:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁶ Sacrifice and offering thou hast no delight in; Mine ears hast thou opened: Burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ 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

⁶ 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)

⁶ 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

⁶ 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

⁶ My enemies have spoken evils against me. When will he die and his name perish?

Psalm 40:6 Cross References

Isaiah 1:11

To 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 15:22

And 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 51:16

For thou delightest not in sacrifice; else would I give it: Thou hast no pleasure in burnt offering.

Hosea 6:6

For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Matthew 12:7

But if ye had known what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

Amos 5:22

Yea, though ye offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.

Matthew 9:13

But go ye and learn what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice: for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.

Isaiah 66:3

He that killeth an ox is as he that slayeth a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as he that breaketh a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as he that offereth swine's blood; he that burneth frankincense, as he that blesseth an idol: yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations;

Job 33:16

Then he openeth the ears of men, And sealeth their instruction,

Psalm 50:8

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; And thy burnt offerings are continually before me.

Exodus 21:6

then his master shall bring him unto God, and shall bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever.

Job 5:9

Which doeth great things and unsearchable; Marvelous things without number:

Psalm 71:15

My mouth shall tell of thy righteousness, And of thy salvation all the day; For I know not the numbers thereof

Psalm 139:17

How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them!

Psalm 139:18

If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: When I awake, I am still with thee.

Isaiah 25:1

O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things, even counsels of old, in faithfulness and truth.