Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
King James Version
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Holman Bible
the knowledge of God
International Standard Version
For it is love that I seek, and not sacrifice; knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
A Conservative Version
For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.
American Standard Version
For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.
Amplified
For I desire and delight in [steadfast] loyalty [faithfulness in the covenant relationship], rather than sacrifice,
And in the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Bible in Basic English
Because my desire is for mercy and not offerings; for the knowledge of God more than for burned offerings.
Darby Translation
For I delight in loving-kindness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.
Julia Smith Translation
For I delighted in mercy and not sacrifice; the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.
King James 2000
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Because I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, and knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
Modern King James verseion
For I desired mercy and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For I have pleasure in loving-kindness, and not in offering: Yea in the knowledge of God, more than in burnt sacrifice.
NET Bible
For I delight in faithfulness, not simply in sacrifice; I delight in acknowledging God, not simply in whole burnt offerings.
New Heart English Bible
For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
The Emphasized Bible
For, lovingkindness, I desired, and not sacrifice, - and the knowledge of God, more than ascending-offerings.
Webster
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.
World English Bible
For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
Youngs Literal Translation
For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings.
Themes
the Burnt offering » Knowledge of God better than
Desires » What the lord desires
Desires » What the lord does not desire
Formalism » The insufficiency of
Knowledge » Of God more than burnt offering
Offerings » Useless when not accompanied by genuine piety
Offerings » Withheld see offerings; withheld » Insufficient to secure salvation
Religion » Formalism » The insufficiency of
Religion » True religion » Scriptural definition of
Sacrifice » The lord not desiring sacrifices
Topics
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Chaphets
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Hosea 6:6
Images Hosea 6:6
Prayers for Hosea 6:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Call To Yahweh
5
Therefore I have hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: that thy righteousness be as the light that goes forth.
6
And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
Phrases
Cross References
Matthew 9:13
Therefore go ye and learn what this is, I will have mercy and not sacrifice, for I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.
Matthew 12:7
But if ye knew what this means, I will have mercy and not sacrifice, ye would not condemn the innocent.
Isaiah 1:11
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? shall the LORD say. I am full of the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts; and I do not delight in the blood of bullocks or of lambs or of he goats.
1 Samuel 15:22
And Samuel said, Does the LORD have as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in hearing the voice of the LORD? Behold, to hear is better than sacrifice and to hearken than the fat of rams.
Amos 5:21
I hate, I despise your solemnities, and I will not savour your assemblies.
1 Chronicles 28:9
And thou, Solomon, my son, know thou the God of thy father and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing soul, for the LORD searches all hearts and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Psalm 50:8
I will not reprove thee regarding thy sacrifices; thy burnt offerings are continually before me.
Proverbs 21:3
To do righteousness and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Ecclesiastes 5:1
Watch thy feet when thou goest to the house of God and draw near with more willingness to hear than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know how to do what God wants.
Isaiah 58:6
Is not rather the fast that I have chosen, to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the ties of oppression, to release into freedom those who are broken, and that ye break every yoke?
Jeremiah 7:22
For I did not speak unto your fathers, nor command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:
Jeremiah 22:16
He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him. Is this not to know me? said the LORD.
Daniel 4:27
Therefore, O king, approve my counsel and redeem thy sins with righteousness and thine iniquities with mercies unto the poor: behold the medicine for thy sin.
Hosea 2:20
I will even betroth thee unto me in faith: and thou shalt know the LORD.
Hosea 4:1
Hear the word of the LORD, ye sons of Israel; for the LORD contends with the inhabitants of the land because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the earth.
Micah 6:6
With what shall I present myself before the LORD, and how shall I worship the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
Matthew 5:7
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
1 John 2:3
And in this we do know that we have known him if we keep his commandments.
1 John 3:6
Whosoever abides in him does not sin: whosoever sins has not seen him or known him.