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

4He put a new song in my mouth— a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and trust in Adonai. 5Blessed is the one who put his confidence in Adonai, who has not turned to the arrogant, nor to those who fall into falsehood. Many things You have done, Adonai my God —Your plans for us are wonderful— there is none to be compared to You! If I were to speak and tell of them, they would be too many to count! 7Sacrifice and offering You did not desire —my ears You have opened— burnt offering and sin offering You did not require. 8Then I said: “Here I am, I have come— in the scroll of a book it is written about 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 do not rebuke you for your sacrifices, for your burnt offerings are continually before Me.
• Psalms 51:16Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God— God of my salvation. Then my tongue will sing for joy of Your righteousness.
• 1 Samuel 15:22Samuel said: “Does Adonai delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of Adonai? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, to pay heed than the fat of rams.
• Isaiah 1:11“For what is it to Me— the multitude of your sacrifices?” says Adonai. “I am full of burnt offerings of rams and fat of fed animals. I have no delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs or he-goats.
• Isaiah 66:3One who kills an ox is like one who kills a man; one who sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; one who offers a grain offering is like one who offers swine’s blood; one who burns incense is like one who blesses an idol. They have chosen their own ways, so their soul delights in their abominations.
• Jeremiah 7:21Thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, the God of Israel: “Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat the meat!
• Hosea 6:6For I delight in loyalty and not sacrifice, knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
• Matthew 9:13Now go and learn what this means: ‘Mercy I desire, and not sacrifice.’ For I didn’t come to call the righteous, but the sinful.”
• Matthew 12:7If you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice,’ you wouldn’t have condemned the innocent.
• Hebrews 10:5So when Messiah comes into the world, He says, “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me.
• Exodus 21:6then his master is to bring him to God, then take him to a door or to a doorpost. His master is to pierce his ear through with an awl, and he will serve him forever.
• Job 33:16Then He opens the ears of men and seals their instruction,
• Isaiah 50:4Adonai Elohim has given Me the tongue of the learned, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning. He awakens My ear to give heed as a disciple.

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