Psalms 51:16

In 11 translations

BSB

For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.

KJV

For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.else…: or, that I should

WEB

For you don’t delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. You have no pleasure in burnt offering.

ASV

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

LSV

For You do not desire sacrifice, or I give [it], || You do not accept burnt-offering.

YLT

For Thou desirest not sacrifice, or I give [it], Burnt-offering Thou acceptest not.

DBY

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

DRC50:18

For if thou hadst desired sacrifice, I would indeed have given it: with burnt offerings thou wilt not be delighted.

GNV

For thou desirest no sacrifice, though I would giue it: thou delitest not in burnt offering.

JPS51:18

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

LXXE50:18

For if thou desiredst sacrifice, I would have given it: thou wilt not take pleasure in whole-burnt-offerings.

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Original-language editions

WLC51:18

כִּ֤י ׀ לֹא־תַחְפֹּ֣ץ זֶ֣בַח וְאֶתֵּ֑נָה ע֝וֹלָ֗ה לֹ֣א תִרְצֶֽה׃KJV:Ps.51.16

LXX-Br50:18

Ὅτι εἰ ἠθέλησας θυσίαν, ἔδωκα ἄν· ὁλοκαυτώματα οὐκ εὐδοκήσεις.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Hosea 6:6For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
• 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 10:5–6Therefore, 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.
• 1 Samuel 15:22But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.
• Psalms 51:6Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
• Isaiah 1:11–15“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. When you come…
• Proverbs 21:27The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable— how much more so when brought with ill intent!
• Jeremiah 7:22–23For when I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt, I did not merely command them about burnt offerings and sacrifices, but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My…
• Amos 5:21–23“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies. Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I…
• Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
• Psalms 50:8I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.
• Numbers 15:30–31But the person who sins defiantly, whether a native or foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That person shall be cut off from among his people. He shall certainly be cut off, because he has despised the word of the LORD and…
• Exodus 21:14But if a man schemes and acts willfully against his neighbor to kill him, you must take him away from My altar to be put to death.
• Deuteronomy 22:22If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.
• Numbers 15:27Also, if one person sins unintentionally, he is to present a year-old female goat as a sin offering.
• Jeremiah 7:27When you tell them all these things, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not answer.

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