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

4Blessed is the person who places his confidence in the Lord and does not rely on arrogant people or those who follow lies. 5You have done many miraculous things, O Lord my God. You have made many wonderful plans for us. No one compares to you! I will tell others about your miracles, which are more than I can count. You were not pleased with sacrifices and offerings. You have dug out two ears for me. You did not ask for burnt offerings or sacrifices for sin. 7Then I said, “I have come! (It is written about me in the scroll of the book.) 8I am happy to do your will, O my God.” Your teachings are deep within me.

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 50:8I am not criticizing you for your sacrifices or burnt offerings, which are always in front of me.
• Psalms 51:16You are not happy with any sacrifice. Otherwise, I would offer one ⌞to you⌟. You are not pleased with burnt offerings.
• 1 Samuel 15:22Then Samuel said, “Is the Lord as delighted with burnt offerings and sacrifices as he would be with your obedience? To follow instructions is better than to sacrifice. To obey is better than sacrificing the fat of rams.
• Isaiah 1:11The Lord asks, “What do your many animal sacrifices mean to me? I’ve had enough of your burnt offerings of rams and enough fat from your fattened calves. I’m not pleased with the blood of bulls, lambs, or male goats.
• Isaiah 66:3Whoever kills a bull is like someone who kills a person. Whoever sacrifices a lamb is like someone who breaks a dog’s neck. Whoever offers a grain sacrifice is like someone who ⌞offers⌟ pig’s blood. Whoever burns incense is like someone who worships an idol. People have certainly chosen their own ways, and their souls delight in detestable things.
• Jeremiah 7:21“This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat the meat.
• Hosea 6:6I want your loyalty, not your sacrifices. I want you to know me, not to give me burnt offerings.
• Matthew 9:13Learn what this means: ‘I want mercy, not sacrifices.’ I’ve come to call sinners, not people who think they have God’s approval.”
• Matthew 12:7If you had known what ‘I want mercy, not sacrifices’ means, you would not have condemned innocent people.
• Hebrews 10:5For this reason, when Christ came into the world, he said, “ ‘You did not want sacrifices and offerings, but you prepared a body for me.
• Exodus 21:6then his master must bring him to God. The master must bring him to the door or the doorframe and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his slave for life.
• Job 33:16he opens people’s ears and terrifies them with warnings.
• Isaiah 50:4The Almighty Lord will teach me what to say, so I will know how to encourage weary people. Morning after morning he will wake me to listen like a student.

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