Micah 6:7
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Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
In other translations
Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
Hebrew words
הֲיִרְצֶהhayirtzeh¿ will he take pleasureH7521יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068בְּאַלְפֵיbe'alfeiin thousands ofH505אֵילִים'eilimramsH352בְּרִבְבוֹתberivotin tens of thousands ofH7233נַחֲלֵי־nachalei-torrents ofH5158שָׁמֶןshamenoilH8081הַאֶתֵּןha'eten¿ will I giveH5414בְּכוֹרִיbekhorifirstborn myH1060פִּשְׁעִיpish'itransgression myH6588פְּרִיperi[the] fruit ofH6529בִטְנִיvitnibelly myH990חַטַּאתchatat[the] sin ofH2403נַפְשִׁי׃nafshiself myH5315
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Related verses
- 2 Kings 16:3But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel.Instead, he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
- Psalm 51:16For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.
- 1 Samuel 15:22And Samuel said, Hath the Lord 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 hearken than the fat of rams.But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.
- Hosea 6:6For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
- Psalm 50:9I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,
- 2 Kings 3:27Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.So he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him, and offered him as a burnt offering on the city wall. And there was great fury against the Israelites, so they withdrew and returned to their own land.
- 2 Kings 21:6And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
- Jeremiah 7:31And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.
- 2 Kings 23:10And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech.
- Isaiah 40:16And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.Lebanon is not sufficient for fuel, nor its animals enough for a burnt offering.
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