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Psalm 40:6

6 hSacrifice and offering You did not desire;

My ears You have opened.

Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require.

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Psalm 40:6 — The New International Version (NIV)

Sacrifice and offering you did not desire—

but my ears you have opened—

burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require.

Psalm 40:6 — English Standard Version (ESV)

In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted,

but you have given me an open ear.

Burnt offering and sin offering

you have not required.

Psalm 40:6 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire;

Mine ears hast thou opened:

Burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

Psalm 40:6 — New Living Translation (NLT)

You take no delight in sacrifices or offerings.

Now that you have made me listen, I finally understand—

you don’t require burnt offerings or sin offerings.

Psalm 40:6 — New Century Version (NCV)

You do not want sacrifices and offerings.

But you have made a hole in my ear

to show that my body and life are yours.

You do not ask for burnt offerings

and sacrifices to take away sins.

Psalm 40:6 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Sacrifice and offering thou hast no delight in;

Mine ears hast thou opened:

Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not required.

Psalm 40:6 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Sacrifice and oblation thou didst not desire: ears hast thou prepared me. Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not demanded;

Psalm 40:6 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

You were not pleased with sacrifices and offerings. 

You have dug out two ears for me. 

You did not ask for burnt offerings or sacrifices for sin. 

Psalm 40:6 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

You do not delight in sacrifice and offering;

You open my ears to listen.

You do not ask for a whole burnt offering or a sin offering.

Psalm 40:6 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Sacrifice and offering you do not desire,

but you have given me an open ear.

Burnt offering and sin offering

you have not required.

Psalm 40:6 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

A sacrifice and offering you do not desire.

My ears you have opened.

Burnt offering and sin offering you have not demanded.

Psalm 40:6 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

You didn’t want sacrifices and offerings.

You weren’t pleased with burnt offerings and sin offerings.

You gave me ears to hear you and obey you.

Psalm 40:6 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Sacrifice and meal offering You have not desired;

My ears You have opened;

Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required.


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