6For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.


In Context

3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come to us as the rain, as the latter and former rain to the earth.

4 O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goes away.

5 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and your judgments are as the light that goes forth.

6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

7 But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.

Hosea 6:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:6For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:6For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:6For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more than holocausts.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:6For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:6For I delight in loving-kindness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:6For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:6For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:6For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:6For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings.