Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings. New Living Translation You do not desire a sacrifice, or I would offer one. You do not want a burnt offering. English Standard Version For you will not delight in sacrifice, or I would give it; you will not be pleased with a burnt offering. Berean Standard Bible For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings. King James Bible For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. New King James Version For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering. New American Standard Bible For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; You do not take pleasure in burnt offering. NASB 1995 For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; You are not pleased with burnt offering. NASB 1977 For Thou dost not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; Thou art not pleased with burnt offering. Legacy Standard Bible For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; You are not pleased with burnt offering. Amplified Bible For You do not delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it; You are not pleased with burnt offering. Christian Standard Bible You do not want a sacrifice, or I would give it; you are not pleased with a burnt offering. Holman Christian Standard Bible You do not want a sacrifice, or I would give it; You are not pleased with a burnt offering. American Standard Version For thou delightest not in sacrifice; else would I give it: Thou hast no pleasure in burnt-offering. Contemporary English Version Offerings and sacrifices are not what you want. English Revised Version For thou delightest not in sacrifice; else would I give it: thou hast no pleasure in burnt offering. GOD'S WORD® Translation You are not happy with any sacrifice. Otherwise, I would offer one [to you]. You are not pleased with burnt offerings. Good News Translation You do not want sacrifices, or I would offer them; you are not pleased with burnt offerings. International Standard Version Indeed, you do not delight in sacrifices, or I would give them, nor do you desire burnt offerings. Majority Standard Bible For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings. NET Bible Certainly you do not want a sacrifice, or else I would offer it; you do not desire a burnt sacrifice. New Heart English Bible For you do not delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. You have no pleasure in burnt offering. Webster's Bible Translation 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionFor You do not desire sacrifice, or I give [it], "" You do not accept burnt-offering. Young's Literal Translation For Thou desirest not sacrifice, or I give it, Burnt-offering Thou acceptest not. Smith's Literal Translation For thou wilt not delight in sacrifice, and thou wilt not take pleasure in burnt-offering. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor if thou hadst desired sacrifice, I would indeed have given it: with burnt offerings thou wilt not be delighted. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible For you do not desire sacrifice or I would give it; a burnt offering you would not accept. New Revised Standard Version For you have no delight in sacrifice; if I were to give a burnt offering, you would not be pleased. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor thou desirest not sacrifice; thou &lightest not in burnt offerings. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Because you have not desired sacrifices, neither have you chosen burnt offerings. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917For Thou delightest not in sacrifice, else would I give it; Thou hast no pleasure in burnt-offering. Brenton Septuagint Translation For if thou desiredst sacrifice, I would have given it: thou wilt not take pleasure in whole-burnt-offerings. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God…15O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare Your praise. 16For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings. 17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.… Cross References Isaiah 1:11 “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. Hosea 6:6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. Micah 6:6-8 With 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 oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? / He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? 1 Samuel 15:22 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. Amos 5:21-24 “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 will have no regard. / Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps. ... Jeremiah 7:21-23 This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves! / For 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 people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you. Proverbs 21:3 To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice. Matthew 9:13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” Mark 12:33 and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself. This is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.” Hebrews 10:5-8 Therefore, 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 written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’” ... Matthew 12:7 If only you had known the meaning of ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent. Psalm 40:6-8 Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require. / Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—it is written about me in the scroll: / I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.” Romans 12:1 Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. 1 Corinthians 13:3 If I give all I possess to the poor and exult in the surrender of my body, but have not love, I gain nothing. Isaiah 66:3 Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations. Treasury of Scripture For you desire not sacrifice; else would I give it: you delight not in burnt offering. desirest Psalm 51:6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. Exodus 21:14 But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. Numbers 15:27,30,31 And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering… else would I. Psalm 40:6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. Psalm 50:8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me. Proverbs 15:8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. Jump to Previous Acceptest Burned Burnt Burnt-Offering Delight Delightest Desire Desirest Offering Offerings Otherwise Pleased Pleasure SacrificeJump to Next Acceptest Burned Burnt Burnt-Offering Delight Delightest Desire Desirest Offering Offerings Otherwise Pleased Pleasure SacrificePsalm 51 1. David prays for remission of sins, whereof he makes a deep confession6. He prays for sanctification 16. God delights not in sacrifice, but in sincerity 18. He prays for the church For You do not delight in sacrifice The Hebrew word for "delight" is "חָפֵץ" (chafets), which conveys a sense of taking pleasure or having a desire for something. In the context of ancient Israel, sacrifices were a central part of worship and atonement. However, this phrase emphasizes that God’s ultimate desire is not in the ritual itself but in the heart and obedience of the worshiper. Historically, sacrifices were meant to be an outward expression of an inward reality—a heart aligned with God’s will. This phrase challenges believers to examine their motives and to prioritize genuine repentance and relationship with God over mere ritualistic practices. or I would bring it You take no pleasure in burnt offerings Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Forכִּ֤י ׀ (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction You do not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no delight תַחְפֹּ֣ץ (ṯaḥ·pōṣ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 2654: To incline to, to bend, to be pleased with, desire in sacrifice, זֶ֣בַח (ze·ḇaḥ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2077: A slaughter, the flesh of an animal, a sacrifice or I would bring it; וְאֶתֵּ֑נָה (wə·’et·tê·nāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set You take no pleasure תִרְצֶֽה׃ (ṯir·ṣeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 7521: To be pleased with, to satisfy a, debt in burnt offerings. ע֝וֹלָ֗ה (‘ō·w·lāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5930: Whole burnt offering Links Psalm 51:16 NIVPsalm 51:16 NLT Psalm 51:16 ESV Psalm 51:16 NASB Psalm 51:16 KJV Psalm 51:16 BibleApps.com Psalm 51:16 Biblia Paralela Psalm 51:16 Chinese Bible Psalm 51:16 French Bible Psalm 51:16 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 51:16 For you don't delight in sacrifice (Psalm Ps Psa.) |