Psalms 40:6

Psalms 40:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
• New International Version (NIV)Sacrifice and offering you did not desire— but my ears you have opened— burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not require.
• English Standard Version (ESV)In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted, but you have given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Sacrifice and offering You did not desire; My ears You have opened. Burnt offering and sin offering You did not require.

Context of Psalms 40:6

4If anyone trusts in the Lord he blesses them! They do not expect proud people to help them. They do not join with those people who worship false gods. 5Lord, my God, you have done many great things. You have done so many things for us that we cannot count them! There is nobody else like you! I want to talk about the things that you have done, but there are too many things to speak about! You do not really want sacrifices and offerings. I understand that! You do not ask for burnt offerings or sin offerings. 7Then I said, ‘Here I am, my God! The message that is written in the book tells me what I must do. 8I want to do what pleases you. Your law is always in my thoughts.’

Psalms 40:6 word by word

זֶ֤בַח וּמִנְחָ֨ה׀ לֹֽא־חָפַ֗צְתָּ אָ֭זְנַיִם כָּרִ֣יתָ לִּ֑י עוֹלָ֥ה וַ֝חֲטָאָ֗ה לֹ֣א שָׁאָֽלְתָּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Sacrificeזֶ֫בַחzebach · sacrificeH2077
• and offeringמִנְחָהminchâh · offeringH4503
• thou didst not desireחָפֵץchâphêts · to delight inH2654
• mine earsאֹ֫זֶן'ôzen · earH241
• hast thou openedכָּרָהkârâh · to pierceH3738
• burnt offeringעֹלָה‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · burnt offeringH5930
• and sin offeringחֲטָאָהchăţâ'âh · sinH2401
• hast thou not requiredשָׁאַלshâ'al shâ'êl · to askH7592

Cross-references for Psalms 40:6

• Psalms 50:8You offer sacrifices and burnt offerings to me all the time but that is not why I speak against you.
• Psalms 51:16I would be happy to offer sacrifices to you, but that is not what you really want. You do not want a burnt offering from me.
• 1 Samuel 15:22But Samuel said, ‘What makes the Lord happy? Which is better? Is he more pleased when people offer burnt offerings and sacrifices to him? Or is he more pleased when people obey him? Listen! It is better to obey the Lord than to offer sacrifices to him. That is true even if you offer to him the best animals that you have.
• Isaiah 1:11The Lord says, ‘All your sacrifices are not important to me. I have received too many sacrifices that you have burned as gifts to me. I have received too many sheep and fat animals. I do not want any more blood from bulls, goats and lambs that you have offered to me as sacrifices. They do not give me any pleasure.
• Isaiah 66:3You may kill a bull as a sacrifice to me, but you might also kill a man. You may offer a lamb to me as a sacrifice, but you might also break a dog's neck to offer to your idols. You may give me a grain offering, but you also offer pigs' blood. You may burn incense to worship me but you also worship false gods. Yes, these people have chosen how they want to live. They love to do these disgusting things.
• Jeremiah 7:21The Lord Almighty, Israel's God, says this to Judah's people: ‘You should eat the meat from your burnt offerings, as well as your other sacrifices. You are not offering them to me!
• Hosea 6:6It is faithful love that makes me happy. That would be better than your sacrifices to me. You should know me as your God. That would be better than your burnt offerings.
• Matthew 9:13Go and study what it says in the Bible. God says there, “I want people to be kind to each other. I do not want them only to offer sacrifices to me.” Some people think that they always obey God. I did not come to help people like that. Some people know that they have done wrong things. I am asking those people to come to me for help.’
• Matthew 12:7You should understand what the Bible teaches. God says there, “I want people to be kind to each other. I do not just want them to offer sacrifices to me.” If you had understood this, then you would not have said to me, “Your disciples are doing something wrong.”
• Hebrews 10:5So, when Christ came into the world, he said to his Father, ‘You have not wanted people to offer sacrifices and other gifts to you. Instead, you have prepared a body for me to offer to you.
• Exodus 21:6Then his master must take the slave to stand in front of the judges. He must lead the slave to stand beside the door, or the wood that holds the door. Then the master must push the sharp point of a tool through the slave's ear. After that, he will serve his master for all his life.
• Job 33:16He tells them about things that will happen. He warns them about terrible things, so that they are afraid.
• Isaiah 50:4‘The Almighty Lord has given his message to me, his servant. I speak it on his behalf. I know what to say to help weak and tired people. The Lord wakes me up every morning so that I can learn something. I listen carefully to him, as a student listens to his teacher.

Commentaries on Psalms 40:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Sacrifice and offering - The apostle, Hebrews 10:5, etc., quoting this and the two following verses, says, When he (the Messiah) cometh into the world - was about to be incarnated, He saith - to God the Father, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldst not - it was never thy will and design that the sacrifices under thy own law should be considered as making atonement for sin; they were only designed to point out my incarnation and consequent sacrificial death…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Sacrifice and offering - The first of the words used here - זבח zebach - means properly a bloody-offering; the other - מנחה minchāh - an offering without blood, as a thank-offering. See the notes at Isaiah 1:11. The four words employed in this verse - sacrifice, offering, burnt-offering, sin-offering - embrace all the species of sacrifice and offerings known among the Hebrews; and the idea here is, that such offering as they were accustomed to offer was…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-10Verses 6-10 The psalmist foretells that work of wonder, redemption by our Lord Jesus Christ. The Substance must come, which is Christ, who must bring that glory to God, and that grace to man, which it was impossible the sacrifices should ever do. Observe the setting apart of our Lord Jesus to the work and office of Mediator. In the volume, or roll, of the book it was written of him. In the close rolls of the Divine decrees and counsel, the covenant of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6The Lord delights in the attitude and character of the person giving an offering more than the offering itself. my ears You have opened: The Greek text reads You have given me a body. In Hebrews 10:5–7, the writer quotes from the Greek version of Psalm 40:6–8. He presents these words as something Jesus said when he left heaven and came into the world.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-86-8. In Paul's view this passage has more meaning than the mere expression of grateful devotion to God's service. He represents Christ as declaring that the sacrifices, whether vegetable or animal, general or special expiatory offerings, would not avail to meet the demands of God's law, and that He had come to render the required satisfaction, which he states was effected by "the offering of the body of Christ" [He 10:10], for that is the "will of God"…Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 40:6

• Atonement
• Ear
• Jesus Continued
• Offerings
• Quotations and Allusions

In the dictionaries

• Burnt offering
• Sin Offering
• Awl
• Humiliation of Christ
• Praise
• Preach
• Tarrying
• Wish
• Desire
• Ear

Commentaries on Psalms 40

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings