Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version This will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with its horns and hooves. New Living Translation For this will please the LORD more than sacrificing cattle, more than presenting a bull with its horns and hooves. English Standard Version This will please the LORD more than an ox or a bull with horns and hoofs. Berean Standard Bible And this will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves. King James Bible This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs. New King James Version This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bull, Which has horns and hooves. New American Standard Bible And it will please the LORD better than an ox Or bull with horns and hoofs. NASB 1995 And it will please the LORD better than an ox Or a young bull with horns and hoofs. NASB 1977 And it will please the LORD better than an ox Or a young bull with horns and hoofs. Legacy Standard Bible And this will please Yahweh better than an ox Or a young bull with horns and hoofs. Amplified Bible And it will please the LORD better than an ox Or a young bull with horns and hoofs. Christian Standard Bible That will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves. Holman Christian Standard Bible That will please Yahweh more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves. American Standard Version And it will please Jehovah better than an ox, Or a bullock that hath horns and hoofs. Contemporary English Version This will please the LORD better than offering an ox or a full-grown bull. English Revised Version And it shall please the LORD better than an ox, or a bullock that hath horns and hoofs. GOD'S WORD® Translation This will please the LORD more than [sacrificing] an ox or a bull with horns and hoofs. Good News Translation This will please the LORD more than offering him cattle, more than sacrificing a full-grown bull. International Standard Version That will please the LORD more than oxen and bulls with horns and hooves. Majority Standard Bible And this will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves. NET Bible That will please the LORD more than an ox or a bull with horns and hooves. New Heart English Bible It will please the LORD better than an ox, or a bull that has horns and hoofs. Webster's Bible Translation This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs. World English Bible It will please Yahweh better than an ox, or a bull that has horns and hoofs. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd it is better to YHWH than an ox, "" A bullock—horned [and] hoofed. Young's Literal Translation And it is better to Jehovah than an ox, A bullock -- horned -- hoofed. Smith's Literal Translation And it shall be good to Jehovah above an ox, a bullock shooting out horns and hoofs, Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd it shall please God better than a young calf, that bringeth forth horns and hoofs. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible That will please the LORD more than oxen, more than bulls with horns and hooves: New Revised Standard Version This will please the LORD more than an ox or a bull with horns and hoofs. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThis shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that has horns and hoofs. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated I shall please LORD JEHOVAH more than fattened bulls, horned and hooved. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And it shall please the LORD better than a bullock That hath horns and hoofs. Brenton Septuagint Translation and this shall please God more than a young calf having horns and hoofs. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Waters Are Up to My Neck…30I will praise God’s name in song and exalt Him with thanksgiving. 31And this will please the LORD more than an ox, more than a bull with horns and hooves. 32The humble will see and rejoice. You who seek God, let your hearts be revived!… Cross References Hebrews 13:15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name. 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 Peter 2:5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. Ephesians 5:19-20 Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord, / always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Colossians 3:16-17 Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God. / And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. Philippians 4:18 I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God. Revelation 5:8 When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. Revelation 8:3-4 Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne. / And the smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, rose up before God from the hand of the angel. Matthew 21:16 “Do You hear what these children are saying?” they asked. “Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read: ‘From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise’?” John 4:23-24 But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him. / God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.” 1 Corinthians 10:31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God. 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. ... Isaiah 1:11-17 “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 to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts? / Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly. ... 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? Treasury of Scripture This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that has horns and hoofs. also shall Psalm 50:13,14,23 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? … Hosea 14:2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips. Ephesians 5:19,20 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; … Jump to Previous Better Bull Bullock Cloven Full Growth Hoofs Horned Horns Ox Please Pleasing YoungJump to Next Better Bull Bullock Cloven Full Growth Hoofs Horned Horns Ox Please Pleasing YoungPsalm 69 1. David complains of his affliction13. He prays for deliverance 22. He devotes his enemies to destruction 30. He praises God with thanksgiving And this will please the LORD The phrase emphasizes the delight and satisfaction of God, which is a central theme in the worship practices of ancient Israel. The Hebrew root for "please" is "רָצָה" (ratzah), which conveys the idea of acceptance and favor. In the context of the Old Testament, pleasing the LORD often involved sacrifices and offerings. However, this verse suggests that there is something more profound than ritualistic offerings that brings joy to God. It points to the heart's posture and the sincerity of worship, aligning with the prophetic calls for genuine devotion over mere ritual (e.g., Hosea 6:6). more than an ox more than a bull with horns and hooves (31) That hath . . .--Literally, showing horns and dividing the hoofs, marking at once clean animals, and those of fit age for sacrifice. Verse 31. - This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs; i.e. that is fit for legal sacrifice - of full age, and clean.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew And this will pleaseוְתִיטַ֣ב (wə·ṯî·ṭaḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 3190: To be good, well, glad, or pleasing the LORD לַֽ֭יהוָה (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel more than an ox, מִשּׁ֥וֹר (miš·šō·wr) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7794: A head of cattle (bullock, ox, etcetera) more than a bull פָּ֗ר (pār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6499: Young bull, steer with horns מַקְרִ֥ן (maq·rin) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 7160: To shoot out horns, rays and hooves. מַפְרִֽיס׃ (map̄·rîs) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 6536: To break in pieces, to split, distribute Links Psalm 69:31 NIVPsalm 69:31 NLT Psalm 69:31 ESV Psalm 69:31 NASB Psalm 69:31 KJV Psalm 69:31 BibleApps.com Psalm 69:31 Biblia Paralela Psalm 69:31 Chinese Bible Psalm 69:31 French Bible Psalm 69:31 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 69:31 It will please Yahweh better than (Psalm Ps Psa.) |