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Psalm 40

Psa. 40:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Sacrifice
zebach (Hebrew #2077)
properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
KJV usage: offer(- ing), sacrifice.
Pronounce: zeh'-bakh
Origin: from 2076
e and offering
minchah (Hebrew #4503)
a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary)
KJV usage: gift, oblation, (meat) offering, present, sacrifice.
Pronounce: min-khaw'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. bestow
thou didst not desire
chaphets (Hebrew #2654)
properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
KJV usage: X any at all, (have, take) delight, desire, favour, like, move, be (well) pleased, have pleasure, will, would.
Pronounce: khaw-fates'
Origin: a primitive root
; mine ears
'ozen (Hebrew #241)
broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
KJV usage: + advertise, audience, + displease, ear, hearing, + show.
Pronounce: o'-zen
Origin: from 238
hast thou δopened
karah (Hebrew #3738)
properly, to dig; figuratively, to plot; generally, to bore or open
KJV usage: dig, X make (a banquet), open.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root
: burnt offering
`olah (Hebrew #5930)
feminine active participle of 5927; a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
KJV usage: ascent, burnt offering (sacrifice), go up to. See also 5766.
Pronounce: o-law'
Origin: or mowlah {o-law'}
and sin offering
chata'ah (Hebrew #2401)
an offence, or a sacrifice for it
KJV usage: sin (offering).
Pronounce: khat-aw-aw'
Origin: feminine of 2399
hast thou not required
sha'al (Hebrew #7592)
a primitive root; to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand
KJV usage: ask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, X earnestly, enquire, + greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, + salute, X straitly, X surely, wish.
Pronounce: shaw-al'
Origin: or shael {shaw-ale'}
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Psa. 51:16• 16For thou desirest not sacrifice: else would I give it;{HR}In burnt offering thou dost not take pleasure. (Psa. 51:16)
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Heb. 10:4‑10• 4For blood of bulls and goats [is] incapable of taking away sins.
 5Wherefore entering into the world he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou willedst not, but a body thou preparedst for me:
 6in whole burnt-offerings and [sacrifices] for sin thou hadst no pleasure.
 7Then I said, Lo, I am come (in the book-roll it is written of me) to do thy will, O God.
 8Above saying, Sacrifice and offering and whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices for sin thou willedst not nor hadst pleasure in (the which are offered according to the law),
 9then he hath said, Lo, I am come to do thy will. He taketh away the first that he may establish the second;
 10by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. (Heb. 10:4‑10)
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digged,
Ex. 21:6• 6then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him forever. (Ex. 21:6)
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More on:

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Burnt Offering or Sacrifice,
Offering; Offering Up,
Sacrifice,
Sin Offering

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Sacrifice.
Psa. 50:8• 8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices{HR}And thy burnt offerings continually before me. (Psa. 50:8)
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Psa. 51:16• 16For thou desirest not sacrifice: else would I give it;{HR}In burnt offering thou dost not take pleasure. (Psa. 51:16)
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1 Sam. 15:22• 22And Samuel said,{HR}Hath Jehovah as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,{HR}As in obeying the voice of Jehovah?{HR}Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,{HR}And to hearken than the fat of rams. (1 Sam. 15:22)
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Isa. 1:11• 11To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith Jehovah: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats. (Isa. 1:11)
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Isa. 66:3• 3He that killeth an ox slayeth a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb breaketh a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation [is as] swine's blood; he that burneth incense [is as] he that blesseth an idol. As they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations, (Isa. 66:3)
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Jer. 7:21‑23• 21{i}Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Add your burnt-offerings to your sacrifices, and eat the flesh.{/i}
 22{i}For I spoke not unto your fathers, nor commanded them concerning burnt-offerings and sacrifices, in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt;{/i}
 23{i}but I commanded them this thing, saying, Hearken unto my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people; and walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.{/i} (Jer. 7:21‑23)
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Hos. 6:6• 6For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. (Hos. 6:6)
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Matt. 9:13• 13{i}But go and learn what [that] is—I will have mercy and not sacrifice; for I have not come to call righteous [men] but sinners.{/i} (Matt. 9:13)
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Matt. 12:7• 7{i}But if ye had known what is: I will have mercy and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.{/i} (Matt. 12:7)
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Heb. 10:5‑12• 5Wherefore entering into the world he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou willedst not, but a body thou preparedst for me:
 6in whole burnt-offerings and [sacrifices] for sin thou hadst no pleasure.
 7Then I said, Lo, I am come (in the book-roll it is written of me) to do thy will, O God.
 8Above saying, Sacrifice and offering and whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices for sin thou willedst not nor hadst pleasure in (the which are offered according to the law),
 9then he hath said, Lo, I am come to do thy will. He taketh away the first that he may establish the second;
 10by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
 11And every priest indeed standeth daily ministering and offering often the same sacrifices, the which can never take away sins;
 12but he having offered one sacrifice for sins, continuously sat down on God's right hand, (Heb. 10:5‑12)
mine ears.
Ex. 21:6• 6then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him forever. (Ex. 21:6)
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Job 33:16• 16Then he openeth the ear of mortals,{HR}And sealeth up their instruction, (Job 33:16)
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Isa. 50:4‑5• 4The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of the instructed, that I should know how to speak a word in season to the weary. He wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the instructed.
 5The Lord Jehovah hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, I turned not away back. (Isa. 50:4‑5)
opened.
Heb. digged.
• Verse 6, the special and glorious One comes in view, He who could discourse with Jehovah in eternity. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 37-39” by J.N. Darby)
• Verse 6 presents the thought and counsels of God. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 37-39” by J.N. Darby)
• Verses 6 and 7 are the revelation of what passed in the everlasting world (wonderful thought!) telling us how He became a man. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 37-39” by J.N. Darby)
• (vv. 6-8) The unfolding of these thoughts to us-ward commence with the incarnation of Christ. He comes according to the eternal purpose of God to do the will of God. (“Psalm 40” by H. Smith)
• Christ having come, the whole Levitical system is set aside as neither meeting the desires of God nor the needs of men. (“Psalm 40” by H. Smith)
• {v.6-8} The psalm also recounts His perfect obedience as a faithful witness for God in this world. (“Book 1.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Sacrificeg and oblation thou didst not desire: ears hast thou preparedh me. Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not demanded;

JND Translation Notes

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See Ex. 23.18 and Lev. 1.3, Note b.
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Lit. "digged" or "hollowed out."

W. Kelly Translation

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Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire;{HR}Mine ears didst thou dig;{HR}Burnt-offering and sin-offering thou didst not ask.