Jeremiah 7:22

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For when I brought your ancestors out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak to them or command them concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    For I did not speak to your fathers, nor command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For I spake{H1696} not unto your fathers,{H1} nor commanded{H6680} them in the day{H3117} that I brought them out{H3318} of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} concerning{H1697} burnt-offerings{H5930} or sacrifices:{H2077}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For I spake{H1696}{(H8765)} not unto your fathers{H1}, nor commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} them in the day{H3117} that I brought them out{H3318}{(H8687)} of the land{H776} of Egypt{H4714}, concerning{H1697} burnt offerings{H5930} or sacrifices{H2077}:

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    But when I brought youre fathers out of Egipte, I spake no worde vnto them of burntoffringes and sacrifices:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For I spake not vnto your fathers, nor commaunded them, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offrings and sacrifices.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For when I brought your fathers out of Egypt, I spake no worde vnto them of burnt offeringes and sacrifices:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For I didn't speak to your fathers, nor command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    For I did not speak with your fathers, Nor did I command them in the day of My bringing them out of the land of Egypt, Concerning the matters of burnt-offering and sacrifice,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt-offerings or sacrifices:

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt-offerings or sacrifices:

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For I said nothing to your fathers, and gave them no orders, on the day when I took them out of Egypt, about burned offerings or offerings of beasts:

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For I didn't speak to your fathers, nor command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Consider this: When I spoke to your ancestors after I brought them out of Egypt, I did not merely give them commands about burnt offerings and sacrifices.

Referenced Verses

  • Hos 6:6 : 6 For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
  • 1 Sam 15:22 : 22 Then Samuel said, 'Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.'
  • Ps 40:6 : 6 You, LORD my God, have done many wonderful works, and Your plans are beyond comparison. If I tried to declare and speak of them, they are too numerous to count.
  • Ps 50:8-9 : 8 Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before me. 9 I will not take a bull from your house, nor goats from your pens. 10 For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills. 11 I know all the birds of the mountains, and everything that moves in the field is mine. 12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are mine. 13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats? 14 Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and fulfill your vows to the Most High. 15 Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will glorify me. 16 But to the wicked God says: 'What right have you to recite my statutes or take my covenant on your lips? 17 For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you.
  • Ps 51:16-17 : 16 Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness. 17 Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.
  • Matt 9:13 : 13 '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 : 33 To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jer 7:21
    81%

    21 This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves!

  • Jer 7:23
    77%

    23 But this is what I commanded them: Listen to my voice, and I will be your God, and you will be my people. Walk in all the ways I command you, so that it may go well with you.

  • Jer 11:4
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    4 Which I commanded your ancestors on the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the iron furnace, saying: Obey my voice and do everything I command you, and you will be my people, and I will be your God.

  • Jer 11:7
    76%

    7 For I earnestly warned your ancestors on the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt until this very day, persistently saying: Listen to my voice.

  • Amos 5:22
    76%

    22 Even if you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; I will not regard your fattened peace offerings.

  • Lev 7:37-38
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    75%

    37 This is the law of the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, the guilt offering, the ordination offering, and the peace offering,

    38 which the Lord commanded Moses on Mount Sinai on the day He commanded the Israelites to present their offerings to the Lord in the wilderness of Sinai.

  • Ps 50:8
    75%

    8 Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before me.

  • Isa 43:23
    75%

    23 You have not brought Me sheep for burnt offerings, nor honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with grain offerings nor wearied you with demands for incense.

  • Lev 17:8
    75%

    8 Say to them: Anyone from the house of Israel or any foreigner living among them who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice

  • Lev 7:22
    74%

    22 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Lev 22:17
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    17 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Isa 1:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11 "What is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me?" says the LORD. "I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed animals; I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs, or goats.

    12 When you come to appear before Me, who has asked this of you, this trampling of My courts?

  • Jer 17:22
    74%

    22 Do not bring any load out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath, but keep the Sabbath day holy, as I commanded your ancestors.

  • Lev 22:26
    73%

    26 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Ps 40:6
    73%

    6 You, LORD my God, have done many wonderful works, and Your plans are beyond comparison. If I tried to declare and speak of them, they are too numerous to count.

  • Jer 19:5
    73%

    5 They have built high places to Baal to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I did not command or speak of, nor did it ever enter My mind.

  • Ps 51:16
    73%

    16 Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.

  • Ezek 20:7
    73%

    7 And I said to them, 'Each of you, get rid of the detestable things your eyes are set on, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.'

  • 1 Sam 2:29
    73%

    29 Why do you scorn My sacrifice and offering that I commanded for My dwelling? Why do you honor your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves on the best of all the offerings of My people Israel?

  • Num 28:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

    2 Command the Israelites and say to them: Be sure to present to Me at the appointed times My offering, My food offering, a pleasing aroma as a fire offering to Me.

  • Heb 10:6
    72%

    6 You were not pleased with whole burnt offerings and offerings for sin.

  • Jer 34:13
    72%

    13 This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I made a covenant with your ancestors when I brought them out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, saying:

  • Ezek 20:18
    72%

    18 I said to their children in the wilderness, 'Do not follow the statutes of your fathers, do not observe their ordinances, and do not defile yourselves with their idols.

  • Lev 7:28-29
    2 verses
    72%

    28 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

    29 Speak to the Israelites and say: Anyone who brings a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord must bring part of it as their offering to the Lord.

  • 2 Kgs 17:35
    72%

    35 The Lord made a covenant with them and commanded them, saying, 'Do not fear other gods, do not bow down to them, do not serve them, and do not sacrifice to them.'

  • 1 Sam 15:22
    72%

    22 Then Samuel said, 'Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams.'

  • Heb 8:9
    72%

    9 It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors on the day I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not remain faithful to my covenant, and so I turned away from them, declares the Lord.

  • Num 28:19
    72%

    19 Present a fire offering as a burnt offering to the LORD: two young bulls, one ram, and seven unblemished year-old lambs.

  • Jer 6:20
    71%

    20 What use is frankincense brought from Sheba, or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, and your sacrifices do not please me.

  • Amos 5:25
    71%

    25 Did you bring me sacrifices and grain offerings during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

  • Heb 10:8
    71%

    8 After saying above that sacrifices, offerings, whole burnt offerings, and offerings for sins You did not desire nor were pleased with—which are offered according to the law—

  • Num 15:3
    71%

    3 and if you present an offering by fire to the Lord—a burnt offering or a sacrifice to fulfill a vow, or as a freewill offering, or at your appointed festivals—to create a pleasing aroma for the Lord, from the herd or the flock,

  • Lev 1:2
    71%

    2 Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When anyone among you brings an offering to the LORD, you are to bring your offering from the livestock—either from the herd or the flock.

  • Jer 7:13
    71%

    13 Now, because you have done all these things, declares the LORD, and though I spoke to you persistently, you did not listen, and though I called you, you did not answer,

  • Jer 7:31
    71%

    31 They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom to burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I did not command, nor did it enter my mind.

  • Num 7:21
    71%

    21 One young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering.

  • Num 29:39
    71%

    39 These you shall offer to the Lord at your appointed festivals, besides your vow offerings and freewill offerings, as burnt offerings, grain offerings, drink offerings, and peace offerings.

  • Deut 26:14
    71%

    14 I have not eaten any of it while in mourning, I have not removed any of it while unclean, nor have I offered any of it to the dead. I have obeyed the voice of the LORD my God and have done everything you commanded me.

  • Lev 23:26
    71%

    26 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Hos 6:6
    71%

    6 For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

  • Ezek 20:31
    71%

    31 When you offer your gifts and make your children pass through the fire, you defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. Shall I let you inquire of me, house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I will not let you inquire of me.

  • 2 Kgs 17:12
    71%

    12 They served idols, about which the Lord had said to them, 'You shall not do this thing.'

  • 2 Chr 7:22
    71%

    22 And the answer will be: 'Because they abandoned the LORD, the God of their ancestors, who brought them out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them. That is why He has brought all this disaster upon them.'

  • Lev 23:9
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    9 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

  • 1 Sam 2:15
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    15 But even before the fat was burned, the priest’s servant would come and say to the man offering the sacrifice, ‘Give the priest some meat to roast; he won’t accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.’