Psalms 40:6

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רַבּ֤וֹת עָשִׂ֨יתָ ׀ אַתָּ֤ה ׀ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהַי֮ נִֽפְלְאֹתֶ֥יךָ וּמַחְשְׁבֹתֶ֗יךָ אֵ֫לֵ֥ינוּ אֵ֤ין ׀ עֲרֹ֬ךְ אֵלֶ֗יךָ אַגִּ֥ידָה וַאֲדַבֵּ֑רָה עָ֝צְמ֗וּ מִסַּפֵּֽר

Transliteration

Rabbôt ʿāśîtā you YHWH my ʾĕlōhay your nipləʾōteykā and your maḥšəbōteykā toward us; ʾên ʿărōḵ to you. ʾAggîdâ waʾădabbērâ, they ʿāṣəmû missappēr

Grammar Details

• *Rabbôt ʿāśîtā*: feminine plural adjective + Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - 'many things you have done'
• *YHWH*: proper divine name
• *ʾĕlōhay*: masculine plural noun with 1st person singular possessive suffix - 'my God'
• *nipləʾōteykā*: feminine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular possessive suffix - 'your wonders/wonderful works'
• *maḥšəbōteykā*: feminine plural noun with 2nd person masculine singular possessive suffix - 'your thoughts/plans'
• *ʾên ʿărōḵ*: particle of negation + infinitive construct - 'there is no comparing/arrangement'
• *ʾAggîdâ*: Hiphil imperfect cohortative, 1st person singular - 'I will declare'
• *waʾădabbērâ*: Piel imperfect cohortative, 1st person singular with conjunction - 'and I will speak'
• *ʿāṣəmû missappēr*: Qal perfect, 3rd person common plural + preposition min + Piel infinitive construct - 'they are more numerous than telling'

Word Meanings

• *Rabbôt*: many/numerous/abundant
• *nipləʾōteykā*: your wonders/your wonderful works/your marvelous deeds
• *maḥšəbōteykā*: your thoughts/your plans/your intentions/your designs
• *ʾên ʿărōḵ*: there is no comparing/nothing can be compared/none can be arranged alongside
• *ʿāṣəmû missappēr*: they are too numerous to be counted/they are more than can be told/they are mightier than can be recounted

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Sacrifice and offering You did not desire; my ears You have opened: burnt offering and sin offering You have not required.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Sacrifice{H2077} and offering{H4503} thou hast no delight{H2654} in; Mine ears{H241} hast thou opened:{H3738} Burnt-offering{H5930} and sin-offering{H5930} hast thou not required.{H7592}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Sacrifice{H2077} and offering{H4503} thou didst not desire{H2654}{H8804)}; mine ears{H241} hast thou opened{H3738}{H8804)}: burnt offering{H5930} and sin offering{H2401} hast thou not required{H7592}{H8804)}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I wolde declare them, and speake of the: but they are so many, that they can not be tolde.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Sacrifice & offering thou didest not desire: (for mine eares hast thou prepared) burnt offring and sinne offering hast thou not required.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  O God my Lord, great are thy wonderous workes which thou hast done: & none can count in order thy benefites towarde vs, yf I woulde declare them and speake of them, they shoulde be mo then I am able to expresse.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Sacrifice and offering you didn't desire. You have opened my ears: Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Sacrifice and present Thou hast not desired, Ears Thou hast prepared for me, Burnt and sin-offering Thou hast not asked.

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  You had no desire for offerings of beasts or fruits of the earth; ears you made for me: for burned offerings and sin offerings you made no request.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Sacrifice and offering you didn't desire. You have opened my ears. You have not required burnt offering and sin offering.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Receiving sacrifices and offerings are not your primary concern. You make that quite clear to me! You do not ask for burnt sacrifices and sin offerings.

Referenced Verses

• Ps 51:16 : 16 Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
• 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.'
• Job 33:16 : 16 then He opens the ears of men and seals their instruction.
• Isa 1:11 : 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.
• Heb 10:5-9 : 5 Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says, "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but You prepared a body for Me. 6 You were not pleased with whole burnt offerings and offerings for sin. 7 Then I said, 'Behold, I have come—it is written about Me in the scroll of the book—to do Your will, O God.'" 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— 9 then He said, 'Behold, I have come to do Your will.' He takes away the first to establish the second. 10 And by that will, we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 11 Every priest stands daily ministering and offering the same sacrifices time after time, which can never take away sins. 12 But this One, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God.
• Exod 21:6 : 6 then his master shall bring him before God. He shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life.
• Amos 5:22 : 22 Even if you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; I will not regard your fattened peace offerings.
• Jer 7:21-23 : 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! 22 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. 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.
• Hos 6:6 : 6 For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
• Ps 50:8 : 8 Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before me.
• Isa 50:4-5 : 4 The Sovereign LORD has given me the tongue of the learned, so that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens me morning by morning; He awakens my ear to listen like one being taught. 5 The Sovereign LORD has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious; I did not turn away.
• Isa 66:3 : 3 The one who slaughters an ox is like one who kills a man; the one who sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; the one who offers a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; the one who offers incense is like one who blesses an idol. They have chosen their own ways and their souls delight in their abominations.
• 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.'
• Matt 12:7 : 7 If you had known what these words mean, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the innocent.