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Psalms 51:16

Psalms chapter 51 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.15O Lord, open thou my lips; And my mouth shall show forth thy praise.

v.16This passage

v.17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Jeremiah 7:27

    And thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee.

  • Exodus 21:14

    And if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

  • Deuteronomy 22:22

    If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away the evil from Israel.

  • Psalms 51:6

    Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts; And in the hidden part thou wilt make me to know wisdom.

  • Psalms 40:6

    Sacrifice and offering thou hast no delight in; Mine ears hast thou opened: Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not required.

  • Psalms 50:8

    I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; And thy burnt-offerings are continually before me.