Psalm 40:6
Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.
Note Hebrew; some LXX manuscripts but a body You prepared for me
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
Note opened: Heb. digged
Sacrifice and offering you didn’t desire. You have opened my ears. You have not required burnt offering and sin offering.
Sacrifice and offering thou hast no delight in; Mine ears hast thou opened: Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not required.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Sacrifice
- Psalm 50:8; Psalm 51:16; 1 Samuel 15:22; Isaiah 1:11; Isaiah 66:3; Jeremiah 7:21–23; Hosea 6:6; Matthew 9:13; Matthew 12:7; Hebrews 10:5–12
- mine ears
- Exodus 21:6; Job 33:16; Isaiah 50:4, 5