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Jeremiah 6:20

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20What do I care about incense from Shebak

or sweet calamusl from a distant land?

Your burnt offerings are not acceptable;m

your sacrificesn do not please me.”o

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Cross references

  1. kSee Ge 10:7
  2. lSee Ex 30:23
  3. mAm 5:22; Mal 1:9
  4. nPs 50:8–10; Jer 7:21; Mic 6:7–8
  5. oSee Isa 1:11; Jer 14:12; Hos 8:13; 9:4

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

What use to me is frankincense that comes from Sheba,

or sweet cane from a distant land?

Your burnt offerings are not acceptable,

nor your sacrifices pleasing to me.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

What use to me is frankincense from Sheba

or sweet cane from a distant land?

Your burnt offerings are not acceptable;

your sacrifices do not please me.

NLTNew Living Translation

There’s no use offering me sweet frankincense from Sheba.

Keep your fragrant calamus imported from distant lands!

I will not accept your burnt offerings.

Your sacrifices have no pleasing aroma for me.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

What is this to me?

Frankincense comes from Sheba,

and the precious spice reed from a distant land.

Your burnt offerings are not acceptable,

your sacrifices are not pleasing to me.”

KJV 1900King James Version

To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me.