Psalm 40:6

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

⁶Sacrifice and offering you do not desire,
but you have given me an open ear.^[a]
Burnt offering and sin offering
you have not required.^(A)

Psalm 40:6

New International Version

⁶Sacrifice and offering you did not desire—^(A)
but my ears you have opened^[a]—^(B)
burnt offerings^(C) and sin offerings^[b] you did not require.

Psalm 40:6 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts but a body you have prepared for me
Psalm 40:6 Or purification offerings

⁶For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice,
the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.^(A)

⁶For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,^(A)
and acknowledgment^(B) of God rather than burnt offerings.^(C)

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE)

New International Version (NIV)