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


In Context

3 Let us acknowledge Yahweh. Let us press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth.|

4 |Ephraim, what shall I do to you? Judah, what shall I do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, and like the dew that disappears early.

5 Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets; I killed them with the words of my mouth. Your judgments are like a flash of lightning.

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

7 But they, like Adam, have broken the covenant. They were unfaithful to me, there.

8 Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity; it is stained 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 Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

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

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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