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Here Is Your God!

Isaiah 40:16

In 11 translations

BSB
Lebanon is not sufficient for fuel, nor its animals enough for a burnt offering.
KJV
And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
WEB
Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor its animals sufficient for a burnt offering.
ASV
And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering.
LSV
And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, || Nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt-offering.
YLT
And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, Nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt-offering.
DBY
And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering.
DRC
And Libanus shall not be enough to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
GNV
And Lebanon is not sufficient for fire, nor the beastes thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.
JPS
And Lebanon is not sufficient fuel, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for burnt-offerings.
LXXE
And Libanus is not enough to burn, nor all beasts enough for a whole-burnt offering:

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Original-language editions

WLC
וּלְבָנ֕וֹן אֵ֥ין דֵּ֖י בָּעֵ֑ר וְחַיָּת֔וֹ אֵ֥ין דֵּ֖י עוֹלָֽה׃
LXX-Br
Ὁ δὲ Λίβανος οὐχ ἱκανὸς εἰς καῦσιν, καὶ πάντα τὰ τετράποδα οὐχ ἱκανὰ εἰς ὁλοκάρπωσιν,

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Micah 6:6–7With what shall I come before the LORD when I bow before the God on high? Should I come to Him with burnt offerings, with year-old calves? Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of…
  • Psalms 50:9–12I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens, for every beast of the forest is Mine— the cattle on a thousand hills. I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine. If…
  • Psalms 40:6Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.
  • Hebrews 10:5–10Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me. In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight. Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is…

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