Parallel Verses

Modern King James verseion

With what shall I come before Jehovah, to bow myself before God the Most High? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?

New American Standard Bible

With what shall I come to the Lord
And bow myself before the God on high?
Shall I come to Him with burnt offerings,
With yearling calves?

King James Version

Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?

Holman Bible

What should I bring before the Lord
when I come to bow before God on high?
Should I come before Him with burnt offerings,
with year-old calves?

International Standard Version

How am I to present myself in the LORD's presence and bow in the presence of the High God? Should I present myself with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?

A Conservative Version

Why shall I come before LORD, and bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves a year old?

American Standard Version

Wherewith shall I come before Jehovah, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves a year old?

Amplified


With what shall I come before the Lord [to honor Him]
And bow myself before God on high?
Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings,
With yearling calves?

Bible in Basic English

With what am I to come before the Lord and go with bent head before the high God? am I to come before him with burned offerings, with young oxen a year old?

Darby Translation

Wherewith shall I come before Jehovah, bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves of a year old?

Julia Smith Translation

With what shall I come before Jehovah? I will bow to the high God; shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves, the sons of a year?

King James 2000

With what shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?

Lexham Expanded Bible

With what shall I approach Yahweh, and bow down to God on high? Shall I approach him with burnt offerings, with bull calves a year old?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"What acceptable thing shall I offer unto the LORD? Shall I bow my knee to the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, and with calves of a year old?

NET Bible

With what should I enter the Lord's presence? With what should I bow before the sovereign God? Should I enter his presence with burnt offerings, with year-old calves?

New Heart English Bible

How shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?

The Emphasized Bible

Wherewith, shall I come before Yahweh? bow myself to God on high? Shall I come before him with ascending-sacrifice? with calves of a year old?

Webster

Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, with calves of a year old?

World English Bible

How shall I come before Yahweh, and bow myself before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?

Youngs Literal Translation

With what do I come before Jehovah? Do I bow to God Most High? Do I come before Him with burnt-offerings? With calves -- sons of a year?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
קדם 
Qadam 
Usage: 26

the Lord

Usage: 0

and bow
כּפף 
Kaphaph 
Usage: 5

God
אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

קדם 
Qadam 
Usage: 26

עולה עלה 
`olah 
Usage: 288

with calves
עגל 
`egel 
Usage: 35

of a year
שׁנה שׁנה 
Shaneh (in pl. only), 
year, not translated, yearly, yearly + , year , live , old ,
Usage: 811

Context Readings

What Does Yahweh Require?

5 O My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab planned, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may know the righteous acts of Jehovah. 6 With what shall I come before Jehovah, to bow myself before God the Most High? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? 7 Will Jehovah be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?


Cross References

Genesis 14:18-22

And Melchizedek the king of Salem brought forth bread and wine. And he was the priest of the most high God.

Exodus 12:5

Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year. You shall take from the sheep or from the goats.

Leviticus 1:3-17

If his offering is a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish. He shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before Jehovah.

Numbers 23:1-4

And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare here seven oxen and seven rams for me.

Numbers 23:14-15

And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on every altar.

Numbers 23:29-30

And Balaam said to Balak, Build seven altars here for me, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams here for me.

2 Samuel 21:3

And David said to the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? And with what shall I atone for this, so that you may bless the inheritance of Jehovah?

Psalm 22:29

All the fat ones on the earth shall eat and worship; all those who go down to the dust shall bow before Him; and none can keep alive his own soul.

Psalm 40:6-8

Sacrifice and offering You did not desire; My ears You have opened; burnt offering and sin offering You have not asked.

Psalm 51:16-17

For You do not desire sacrifice; or else I would give it; You do not delight in burnt offering.

Psalm 95:6

Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before Jehovah our maker.

Daniel 3:26

Then Nebuchadnezzar came near the door of the burning fiery furnace. He answered and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come forth and come here. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth from the middle of the fire.

Daniel 4:9

O Belteshazzar, master of the horoscopists, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, and no secret troubles you, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and its meaning.

Daniel 5:18

O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honor.

Daniel 5:21

And he was driven from the sons of men. And his heart was made like the animals, and his dwelling was with the wild asses. They fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the heavens, until he knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men, and that He appoints over it whomever He will.

Matthew 19:16

And behold, one came and said to Him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?

Mark 5:7

and cried with a loud voice, and said, What is to me and to You, Jesus, son of the Most High God? I adjure You by God not to torment me.

Luke 10:25

And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tempted Him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

John 6:26

Jesus answered them and said, Truly, truly, I say to you, You seek Me not because you saw the miracles, but because you ate the loaves and were filled.

Acts 2:37

And hearing this, they were stabbed in the heart, and said to Peter and to the other apostles, Men, brothers, what shall we do?

Acts 16:17

The same followed Paul and us and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the Most High God, who are announcing to us the way of salvation.

Acts 16:30

And leading them outside, he said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?

Romans 10:2-3

For I bear record to them that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

Ephesians 3:14

For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Hebrews 10:4-10

For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

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