Impenitence of Israel and Judah
O Judah, what shall I do to you?
For your faithfulness is like a morning cloud,
And like the early dew it goes away.
I have slain them by athe words of My mouth;
And1 your judgments are like light that goes forth.
So the company of apriests bmurder on the way to Shechem;
Surely they commit clewdness.
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American Standard Version
For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.
Amplified® Bible
For I desire {and} delight in dutiful steadfast love {and} goodness, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of {and} acquaintance with God more than burnt offerings.
Contemporary English Version
I'd rather for you to be faithful and to know me than to offer sacrifices.
Darby English Version
For I delight in loving-kindness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.
Good News Bible
I want your constant love, not your animal sacrifices. I would rather have my people know me than burn offerings to me.
King James Version
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
New American Standard Bible
For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
New International Version
For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,
and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.
New King James Version
For I desire mercy and not sacrifice,
And the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
Revised Standard Version
For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God, rather than burnt offerings.
Young's Literal Translation
For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings.
New English Translation
For I delight in faithfulness, not simply in sacrifice; I delight1 in acknowledging God, not simply in whole burnt offerings.2
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