Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uri´ah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
Psalm 51:16 - King James Version - American Edition For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: Thou delightest not in burnt offering. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For You delight not in sacrifice, or else would I give it; You find no pleasure in burnt offering. [I Sam. 15:22.] American Standard Version (1901) For thou delightest not in sacrifice; else would I give it: Thou hast no pleasure in burnt-offering. Common English Bible You don’t want sacrifices. If I gave an entirely burned offering, you wouldn’t be pleased. |
Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uri´ah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
My mouth shall show forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.
But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?
Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering.
Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death.
If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.
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.