Verse 3

To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Å handle med rettferdighet og ære er mer verdifullt for Herren enn offer.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Å gjøre rettferdighet og rett er mer behagelig for Herren enn offer.

• Norsk King James

  Å gjøre rettferd og rettferdighet er mer behagelig for Herren enn offer.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Å gjøre rettferdighet og rett er mer verdt for Herren enn offer.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Å gjøre rett og rettferdighet er mer i Herrens øyne enn offer.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Å gjøre rett og rettferdighet er mer akseptabelt for Herren enn offer.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Å utøve rettferdighet og dom er mer behagelig for Herren enn offer.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Å gjøre rett og rettferdighet er mer akseptabelt for Herren enn offer.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Å gjøre rettferdighet og rett er mer verdt for Herren enn offer.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  To do righteousness and justice is preferred by the LORD rather than sacrifice.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Å gjøre rettferdighet og rett er mer verd for Herren enn offer.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  At gjøre Retfærdighed og Ret er mere udvalgt for Herren end Offer.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Å gjøre rettferdighet og rett er mer akseptabelt for Herren enn offer.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Å gjøre rettferdighet og rett er mer behagelig for Herren enn offer.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Å gjøre rettferdighet og dom er mer verdt for Herren enn offer.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Å gjøre rettferdighet og rett er mer akseptabelt for Herren enn offer.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Å gjøre rett og vise sannhet er mer behagelig for Herren enn et offer.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  To do rightuousnesse and iudgmet is more acceptable to the LORDE the sacrifice.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  To doe iustice and iudgement is more acceptable to the Lord then sacrifice.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  To do righteousnes and iudgement, is more acceptable to the Lorde then sacrifice.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  To do righteousness and judgment, Is chosen of Jehovah rather than sacrifice.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  To do what is right and true is more pleasing to the Lord than an offering.

• World English Bible (2000)

  To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.

Referenced Verses

• 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.
• Prov 15:8 : 8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
• Hos 6:6 : 6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
• Mic 6:6-8 : 6 With what shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the High God? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? 7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? 8 He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you, but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
• Mark 12:33 : 33 And to love Him with all the heart, with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
• Isa 1:11-17 : 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. 12 When you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts? 13 Bring no more vain offerings; incense is an abomination to me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot endure; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. 14 Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates: they are a trouble to me; I am weary to bear them. 15 And when you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you: indeed, when you make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. 16 Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil; 17 Learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
• 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.
• Ps 50:8 : 8 I will not reprove you for your sacrifices or your burnt offerings, which are ever before Me.