Psalm 51:16 “For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no…”

Psalm 51:16

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

You have no desire for an offering or I would give it; you have no delight in burned offerings.

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Cross references

“desirest”

Hosea 6:6 Psalm 51:6 Exodus 21:14 Numbers 15:27 Numbers 35:31 Deuteronomy 22:22

Hosea 6:6 · BSB

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

Psalm 51:6 · BSB

Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.

Exodus 21:14 · BSB

But 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.

Numbers 15:27 · BSB

Also, if one person sins unintentionally, he is to present a year-old female goat as a sin offering.

Numbers 35:31 · BSB

You are not to accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who deserves to die; he must surely be put to death.

Deuteronomy 22:22 · BSB

If 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.

“delightest”

Psalm 40:6 Proverbs 21:27 Isaiah 1:11–15 Proverbs 15:8 Amos 5:21–23 Psalm 50:8

Psalm 40:6 · BSB

Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.

Proverbs 21:27 · BSB

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable— how much more so when brought with ill intent!

Isaiah 1:11–15 · BSB

“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.

Proverbs 15:8 · BSB

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

Amos 5:21–23 · BSB

“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.

Psalm 50:8 · BSB

I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, and your burnt offerings are ever before Me.

Also

1 Samuel 15:22

1 Samuel 15:22 · BSB

But 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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise.

17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

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