Psalms 40:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

📖 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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 For you do not desire sacrifice, or I would give it; you do not delight in burnt offering.
• 1 Sam 15:22 : 22 And Samuel said, Does the LORD have as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.
• Job 33:16 : 16 Then He opens the ears of men and seals their instruction,
• Isa 1:11 : 11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to me? says the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed animals; and I delight not in the blood of oxen, or of lambs, or of goats.
• Heb 10:5-9 : 5 Therefore, when he comes into the world, he says, Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you have prepared for me: 6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin you had no pleasure. 7 Then I said, Behold, I have come (in the volume of the book it is written of me) to do your will, O God. 8 Previously saying, Sacrifice and offering, burnt offerings, and offerings for sin you did not desire, nor had pleasure in them (which are offered according to the law), 9 Then he said, Behold, I have come to do your will, O God. He takes away the first that he may establish the second. 10 By that will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 11 And every priest stands daily ministering and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: 12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God;
• Exod 21:6 : 6 then his master shall bring him to the judges. He shall also bring him to the door, or to the doorpost, and his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him forever.
• Amos 5:22 : 22 Though you offer me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept them; nor will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
• Jer 7:21-23 : 21 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat meat. 22 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: 23 But this thing I commanded them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people: and walk in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.
• Hos 6:6 : 6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
• Ps 50:8 : 8 I will not reprove you for your sacrifices or your burnt offerings, which are ever before Me.
• Isa 50:4-5 : 4 The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as the learned. 5 The Lord GOD has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, nor turned away back.
• Isa 66:3 : 3 He that kills an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrifices a lamb, as if he broke a dog's neck; he that offers an offering, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burns incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations.
• Matt 9:13 : 13 But go and learn what this means, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice: for I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.
• Matt 12:7 : 7 But if you had known what this means, I desire mercy and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the innocent.