Parallel Verses
- Amplified Bible - For I desire and delight in [steadfast] loyalty [faithfulness in the covenant relationship], rather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
- 新标点和合本 - 我喜爱良善（或作“怜恤”），不喜爱祭祀； 喜爱认识 神，胜于燔祭。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我喜爱慈爱 ，不喜爱祭物； 喜爱人认识上帝，胜于燔祭。
- 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我喜爱慈爱 ，不喜爱祭物； 喜爱人认识 神，胜于燔祭。
- 当代译本 - 我要的是怜悯，而非祭物； 我喜爱人认识我，胜于燔祭。
- 圣经新译本 - 我喜爱怜恤，不喜爱祭祀； 我喜爱人认识 神的知识，胜过人献的燔祭。
- 现代标点和合本 - 我喜爱良善 ，不喜爱祭祀； 喜爱认识神，胜于燔祭。
- 和合本（拼音版） - 我喜爱良善 ，不喜爱祭祀； 喜爱认识上帝，胜于燔祭。
- New International Version - For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.
- New International Reader's Version - I want mercy and not sacrifice. I want you to recognize me as God instead of bringing me burnt offerings.
- English Standard Version - For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
- New Living Translation - I want you to show love, not offer sacrifices. I want you to know me more than I want burnt offerings.
- Christian Standard Bible - For I desire faithful love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
- New American Standard Bible - For I desire loyalty rather than sacrifice, And the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
- New King James Version - For I desire mercy and not sacrifice, And the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
- American Standard Version - For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.
- King James Version - For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
- New English Translation - For I delight in faithfulness, not simply in sacrifice; I delight in acknowledging God, not simply in whole burnt offerings.
- World English Bible - For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
- 新標點和合本 - 我喜愛良善（或譯：憐恤），不喜愛祭祀； 喜愛認識神，勝於燔祭。
- 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我喜愛慈愛 ，不喜愛祭物； 喜愛人認識上帝，勝於燔祭。
- 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我喜愛慈愛 ，不喜愛祭物； 喜愛人認識 神，勝於燔祭。
- 當代譯本 - 我要的是憐憫，而非祭物； 我喜愛人認識我，勝於燔祭。
- 聖經新譯本 - 我喜愛憐恤，不喜愛祭祀； 我喜愛人認識 神的知識，勝過人獻的燔祭。
- 呂振中譯本 - 因為我喜悅堅貞， 不 喜悅 祭祀； 我喜悅人 認識上帝， 勝於 人獻 全燔祭。
- 現代標點和合本 - 我喜愛良善 ，不喜愛祭祀； 喜愛認識神，勝於燔祭。
- 文理和合譯本 - 我欲矜恤、不欲祭祀、欲識上帝之知識、愈於燔祭、
- 文理委辦譯本 - 我欲矜恤、不欲祭祀、寧崇我道、毋獻燔祭、
- 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我所悅者、乃仁義、並非祭祀、識天主之道、勝於火焚祭、 識天主之道勝於火焚祭或作識天主勝於獻火焚祭
- Nueva Versión Internacional - Lo que pido de ustedes es amor y no sacrificios, conocimiento de Dios y no holocaustos.
- 현대인의 성경 - 나는 자비를 원하고 제사를 원치 않으며 불로 태워 바치는 번제보다 나를 아는 것을 원한다.
- Новый Русский Перевод - Ведь Я милости хочу, а не жертвы, и познания Бога более, нежели всесожжения.
- Восточный перевод - Ведь Я милости хочу, а не жертвы, и познания Всевышнего более, нежели всесожжения.
- Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Ведь Я милости хочу, а не жертвы, и познания Аллаха более, нежели всесожжения.
- Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Ведь Я милости хочу, а не жертвы, и познания Всевышнего более, нежели всесожжения.
- La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Car je prends plaisir à l’amour ╵bien plus qu’aux sacrifices , à la connaissance de Dieu ╵bien plus qu’aux holocaustes.
- リビングバイブル - いけにえはいらない。 わたしを愛してほしいのだ。 ささげ物もいらない。 わたしを知ってほしいのだ。
- Nova Versão Internacional - Pois desejo misericórdia e não sacrifícios; conhecimento de Deus em vez de holocaustos .
- Hoffnung für alle - Wenn jemand mir treu ist, so ist mir das lieber als ein Schlachtopfer. Und wenn jemand mich erkennen will, freut mich das mehr als jedes Brandopfer!«
- Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Ta muốn các ngươi yêu kính Ta chứ không phải các sinh tế. Ta muốn các ngươi biết Ta hơn các tế lễ thiêu.
- พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เพราะเราประสงค์ความเมตตา ไม่ใช่เครื่องบูชา เราต้องการให้เจ้ารู้จักเราผู้เป็นพระเจ้ามากกว่าต้องการเครื่องเผาบูชา
- พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - เพราะเราต้องการความรักอันมั่นคง มากกว่าเครื่องสักการะ และการรู้จักพระเจ้า มากกว่าสัตว์ที่เผาเป็นของถวาย
Cross Reference
- Isaiah 58:6 - [Rather] is this not the fast which I choose, To undo the bonds of wickedness, To tear to pieces the ropes of the yoke, To let the oppressed go free And break apart every [enslaving] yoke?
- Psalms 50:8 - I do not reprove you for your sacrifices; Your burnt offerings are continually before Me.
- Hosea 2:20 - I will betroth you to Me in stability and in faithfulness. Then you will know (recognize, appreciate) the Lord [and respond with loving faithfulness].
- Jeremiah 7:22 - For in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak to your fathers or command them concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices.
- Micah 6:6 - 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?
- 1 Chronicles 28:9 - “As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father [have personal knowledge of Him, be acquainted with, and understand Him; appreciate, heed, and cherish Him] and serve Him with a blameless heart and a willing mind; for the Lord searches all hearts and minds, and understands every intent and inclination of the thoughts. If you seek Him [inquiring for and of Him and requiring Him as your first and vital necessity] He will let you find Him; but if you abandon (turn away from) Him, He will reject you forever.
- Hosea 4:1 - Hear the word of the Lord, you children of Israel, For the Lord has a [legal] case with the inhabitants of the land, Because there is no faithfulness [no steadfast love, no dependability] or loyalty or kindness Or knowledge of God [from personal experience with Him] in the land.
- Matthew 5:7 - “Blessed [content, sheltered by God’s promises] are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.
- Daniel 4:27 - Therefore, O king, let my advice to you be [considered and found] acceptable; break away now from your sins and exhibit your repentance by doing what is right, and from your wickedness by showing mercy to the poor, so that [if you repent] there may possibly be a continuance of your prosperity and tranquility and a healing of your error.’
- Jeremiah 22:16 - He defended the cause of the afflicted and needy; Then all was well. Is that not what it means to know Me?” Says the Lord.
- Ecclesiastes 5:1 - Guard your steps and focus on what you are doing as you go to the house of God and draw near to listen rather than to offer the [careless or irreverent] sacrifice of fools; for they are too ignorant to know they are doing evil.
- Proverbs 21:3 - To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice [for wrongs repeatedly committed].
- 1 Samuel 15:22 - Samuel said, “Has the Lord as great a delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obedience to the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed [is better] than the fat of rams.
- Isaiah 1:11 - “What are your multiplied sacrifices to Me [without your repentance]?” Says the Lord. “I have had enough of [your] burnt offerings of rams And the fat of well-fed cattle [without your obedience]; And I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls or lambs or goats [offered without repentance].
- Amos 5:21 - “I hate, I despise and reject your [sacred] feasts, And I do not take delight in your solemn assemblies.
- Matthew 9:13 - Go and learn what this [Scripture] means: ‘I desire compassion [for those in distress], and not [animal] sacrifice,’ for I did not come to call [to repentance] the [self-proclaimed] righteous [who see no need to change], but sinners [those who recognize their sin and actively seek forgiveness].”
- Matthew 12:7 - And if you had only known what this statement means, ‘I desire compassion [for those in distress], and not [animal] sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the innocent.