16For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou hast no pleasure in burnt-offering.


In Context

13 I will teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners shall return unto thee.

14 Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

15 Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall declare thy praise.

16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou hast no pleasure in burnt-offering.

17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion; build the walls of Jerusalem.

Psalm 51:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

51:16For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give [it:] thou delightest not in burnt offering.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

51:16You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

51:16For if thou hadst desired sacrifice, I would indeed have given it: with burnt offerings thou wilt not be delighted.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

51:16For thou delightest not in sacrifice; else would I give it: Thou hast no pleasure in burnt-offering.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

51:16For thou delightest not in sacrifice; else would I give it: thou hast no pleasure in burnt offering.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

51:16For thou desirest not sacrifice: else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt-offering.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

51:16For you don't delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. You have no pleasure in burnt offering.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

51:16For Thou desirest not sacrifice, or I give it, Burnt-offering Thou acceptest not.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

51:16For you desire not sacrifice; else would I give it: you delight not in burnt offering.