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OET-LV To_do righteousness and_justice [is]_chosen to/for_YHWH more_than_sacrifice.
UHB עֲ֭שֹׂה צְדָקָ֣ה וּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט נִבְחָ֖ר לַיהוָ֣ה מִזָּֽבַח׃ ‡
(ˊₐsoh ʦədāqāh ūmishəpāţ niⱱḩār layhvāh mizzāⱱaḩ.)
Key: yellow:verbs, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT To do righteousness and justice
⇔ is preferred to Yahweh more than a sacrifice.
UST Acting righteously and justly is more important to Yahweh
⇔ than sacrificing animals to him.
BSB ⇔ To do righteousness and justice
⇔ is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
OEB The doing of justice and right
⇔ to the Lord is more welcome than sacrifice.
WEB To do righteousness and justice
⇔ is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.
WMB To do righteousness and justice
⇔ is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
NET To do righteousness and justice
⇔ is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
LSV To do righteousness and judgment,
Is chosen of YHWH rather than sacrifice.
FBV Doing what's right and fair pleases the Lord more than sacrifices.
T4T ⇔ Doing what is right and fair is more acceptable to Yahweh
⇔ than bringing sacrifices to him.
LEB • more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.
BBE To do what is right and true is more pleasing to the Lord than an offering.
MOF No MOF PRO book available
JPS To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
ASV To do righteousness and justice
⇔ Is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.
DRA To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth the Lord more than victims.
YLT To do righteousness and judgment, Is chosen of Jehovah rather than sacrifice.
DBY To exercise justice and judgment is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.
RV To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
WBS To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
KJB To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
(To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. )
BB To do righteousnes and iudgement, is more acceptable to the Lorde then sacrifice.
(To do righteousness and judgement, is more acceptable to the Lord then sacrifice.)
GNV To doe iustice and iudgement is more acceptable to the Lord then sacrifice.
(To do iustice and judgement is more acceptable to the Lord then sacrifice. )
CB To do rightuousnesse and iudgmet is more acceptable to the LORDE the sacrifice.
(To do rightuousnesse and iudgmet is more acceptable to the LORD the sacrifice.)
WYC To do merci and doom plesith more the Lord, than sacrifices doen.
(To do mercy and doom plesith more the Lord, than sacrifices doen.)
LUT Wohl und recht tun ist dem HErrn lieber denn Opfer.
(Wohl and recht tun is to_him HErrn lieber because Opfer.)
CLV Facere misericordiam et judicium magis placet Domino quam victimæ.
(Facere misericordiam and yudicium magis placet Domino how victimæ. )
BRN To do justly and to speak truth, are more pleasing to God than the blood of sacrifices.
BrLXX Ποιεῖν δίκαια καὶ ἀληθεύειν, ἀρεστὰ παρὰ Θεῷ μᾶλλον ἢ θυσιῶν αἷμα.
(Poiein dikaia kai alaʸtheuein, aresta para Theōi mallon aʸ thusiōn haima. )
21:3 God is not pleased with worship unless godly actions flow from a godly heart (see Ps 40:6-8; Mic 6:6-8).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
צְדָקָ֣ה וּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט & מִזָּֽבַח
righteousness and,justice & more_~_than,sacrifice
See how you translated the abstract nouns righteousness and justice in 1:3 and sacrifice in 15:8.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
נִבְחָ֖ר לַיהוָ֣ה
acceptable to/for=YHWH
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “Yahweh prefers”