Parallel Verses
Amplified
“When you come to appear before Me,
Who requires this of you, this trampling of My [temple] courts [by your sinful feet]?
New American Standard Bible
Who requires
King James Version
When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
Holman Bible
who requires this from you—
this trampling of My courts?
International Standard Version
"When you come to present yourselves in my presence, who has required you to trample on my courts?
A Conservative Version
When ye come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand--to trample my courts?
American Standard Version
When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to trample my courts?
Bible in Basic English
At whose request do you come before me, making my house unclean with your feet?
Darby Translation
When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this from your hand to tread my courts?
Julia Smith Translation
When ye shall come to be seen before me who sought this from your hand to tread my enclosure.
King James 2000
When you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts?
Lexham Expanded Bible
When you come to appear before me, who asked for this from your hand: you trampling my courts?
Modern King James verseion
When you come to appear before Me, who has required this at your hand, to trample My courts?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
When ye appear before me, who requireth this of you to tread within my porches?
NET Bible
When you enter my presence, do you actually think I want this -- animals trampling on my courtyards?
New Heart English Bible
When you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts?
The Emphasized Bible
When ye enter to see my face, Who hath required this at your hand trampling my courts?
Webster
When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
World English Bible
When you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to trample my courts?
Youngs Literal Translation
When ye come in to appear before Me, Who hath required this of your hand, To trample My courts?
Themes
Delight » What the lord does not delight in
Hearing » Who the lord will not hear
Hiding » Who the lord hides himself from
Hypocrites » Worship of, not acceptable to God
Offerings » Useless when not accompanied by genuine piety
Ordinance » Insufficiency of, for salvation
Prayer » Whose prayer the lord does not hear
Requirements » What the lord does not require
Sacrifice » The lord not desiring sacrifices
national Sins » National worship rejected on account of
Interlinear
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Paniym
Baqash
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 1:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel's Corrupt Religion
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].
“When you come to appear before Me,
Who requires this of you, this trampling of My [temple] courts [by your sinful feet]?
“Do not bring worthless offerings again,
[Your] incense is repulsive to Me;
[Your] New Moon and Sabbath [observances], the calling of assemblies—
I cannot endure wickedness [your sin, your injustice, your wrongdoing] and [the squalor of] the festive assembly.
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 23:17
Three times a year all your males shall appear before the
Exodus 34:23
Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord
Deuteronomy 16:16
“Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God in the place which He chooses, at the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Passover) and at the Feast of Weeks (Pentecost) and at the Feast of Booths (Tabernacles), and they shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed.
Psalm 40:6
Sacrifice and meal offering You do not desire, nor do You delight in them;
You have opened my ears and given me the capacity to hear [and obey Your word];
Burnt offerings and sin offerings You do not require.
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.
Isaiah 58:1-2
Lift up your voice like a trumpet,
And declare to My people their transgression
And to the house of Jacob their sins.
Micah 6:8
He has told you, O man, what is good;
And what does the Lord require of you
Except to be just, and to love [and to diligently practice] kindness (compassion),
And to walk humbly with your God [setting aside any overblown sense of importance or self-righteousness]?
Matthew 23:5