PSA 40:6 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
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BrLXX Οἱ ἐχθροί μου εἶπαν κακά μοι, πότε ἀποθανεῖται καὶ ἀπολεῖται τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ;
(Hoi eⱪthroi mou eipan kaka moi, pote apothaneitai kai apoleitai to onoma autou; )

BrTr Mine enemies have spoken evil against me, saying, When shall he die, and his name perish?

ULT You have no delight in sacrifice or offering,
⇔ but you have opened my ears;
⇔ you have not required burnt offerings or sin offerings.

UST Sacrifices and other offerings are not the things that delight you most.
⇔ But you have enabled me to hear your commands.
⇔ Animals burned on the altar and other offerings for our sins are not what you require most.

BSB ⇔ Sacrifice and offering You did not desire,
⇔ but my ears You have opened.[fn]
⇔ Burnt offerings and sin offerings
⇔ You did not require.

40:6 Hebrew; some LXX manuscripts but a body You prepared for me

OEB ⇔ In offerings bloody or bloodless
⇔ you have no delight,
⇔ but with open ears you have made me.
⇔ Burnt-offering and offering for sin
⇔ are not what you ask.

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

WMBB (Same as above)

NET 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.

LSV Sacrifice and present You have not desired,
But a body You have prepared for me,
Burnt and sin-offering You have not asked.

FBV You don't want sacrifices and offerings. Now you have helped me understand[fn]—you're not asking for burnt offerings or sin offerings.

40:6 Literally, “you have dug ears for me.”

T4T ⇔ Various kinds of sacrifices and other offerings are not the only things that delight you.
⇔ You have enabled me to understand that very well [IDM].
⇔ Animals burned on the altar and other offerings
⇔ are not all that you require for sins to be forgiven.

LEB • [fn] • Burnt offering and sin offering you have not demanded.

40:? Literally “Ears you have dug for me.”

BBE 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.

Moff ⇔ Thou carest not for sacrifice and offering,
⇔ for no burnt-offering or sin-offering is thy demand.
⇔ An open ear thou gavest me;

JPS (40-7) Sacrifice and meal-offering Thou hast no delight in; mine ears hast Thou opened; burnt-offering and sin-offering hast Thou not required.

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

DRA My enemies have spoken evils against me: when shall he die and his name perish?

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

Drby Sacrifice and oblation thou didst not desire: ears hast thou prepared me. Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not demanded;

RV Sacrifice and offering thou hast no delight in; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

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

KJB-1769 ⇔ Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.[fn]
( ⇔ Sacrifice and offering thou/you didst not desire; mine ears hast thou/you opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou/you not required. )

40.6 opened: Heb. digged

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire, mine eares hast thou opened: burnt offering and sinne-offering hast thou not required.
(Sacrifice and offering thou/you didst not desire, mine ears hast thou/you opened: burnt offering and sinne-offering hast thou/you not required.)

40:6 Psal.51. 16. Esa.1. 11. & 66. 3. Hos.6. 6 Heb. 10. 5. Mat.12.7

40:6 Heb. digged.

Bshps 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.
(O God my Lord, great are thy/your wonderous works which thou/you hast done: and none can count in order thy/your benefites towarde us, if I would declare them and speak of them, they should be more then I am able to expresse.)

Gnva Sacrifice and offering thou didest not desire: (for mine eares hast thou prepared) burnt offring and sinne offering hast thou not required.
(Sacrifice and offering thou/you didest not desire: (for mine ears hast thou/you prepared) burnt offering and sin offering hast thou/you not required. )

Cvdl I wolde declare them, and speake of the: but they are so many, that they can not be tolde.
(I would declare them, and speak of them: but they are so many, that they cannot be tolde.)

Wycl Myn enemyes seiden yuels to me; Whanne schal he die, and his name schal perische?
(Myn enemies said evils to me; When shall he die, and his name shall perische?)

Luth HErr, mein GOtt, groß sind deine Wunder und deine Gedanken, die du an uns beweisest. Dir ist nichts gleich. Ich will sie verkündigen und davon sagen, wiewohl sie nicht zu zählen sind.
(LORD, my God, large are your Wunder and your Gedanken, the you at us/to_us/ourselves beweisest. Dir is nothing gleich. I will they/she/them verkündigen and davon say, wiewohl they/she/them not to zählen sind.)

ClVg Inimici mei dixerunt mala mihi: Quando morietur, et peribit nomen ejus?[fn]
(Inimici my/mine dixerunt mala mihi: When morietur, and peribit nomen his? )

40.6 Inimici mei. CASS. Dominus de passione sua, quæ secundum egenum fuit. AUG. Inimici mei. Hæc de Christo specialiter dicta sunt, sed et de membris dici possunt: et hodie fit tribulatio, ut nomen Christi exstinguatur: sed per mortem suam et suorum magis Ecclesia crevit.

40.6 Inimici my/mine. CASS. Master about passione sua, which after/second egenum fuit. AUG. Inimici my/mine. This about Christo specialiter dicta are, but and about membris dici possunt: and hodie fit tribulatio, as nomen of_Christ exstinguatur: but through mortem his_own and suorum magis Ecclesia crevit.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

You have no delight in sacrifice or offering

(Some words not found in UHB: many you(ms)_have_done/made you(ms) YHWH God,my wonders,your and,thoughts,your toward,us not compare with,you proclaim and,tell numerous too_~_to,count )

This is an exaggeration to express that other things are much more important to God. Alternate translation: “Sacrifices and other offerings are not the things that delight you most”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

you have opened my ears

(Some words not found in UHB: many you(ms)_have_done/made you(ms) YHWH God,my wonders,your and,thoughts,your toward,us not compare with,you proclaim and,tell numerous too_~_to,count )

Here “ears” refers to the ability to hear. Alternate translation: “you have enabled me to hear your commands”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

you have not required burnt offerings or sin offerings

(Some words not found in UHB: many you(ms)_have_done/made you(ms) YHWH God,my wonders,your and,thoughts,your toward,us not compare with,you proclaim and,tell numerous too_~_to,count )

This is an exaggeration to show that these things were not the most important to God. Alternate translation: “animals burned on the altar and other offerings for our sins are not what you require most”

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