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International Standard Version

That will please the LORD more than oxen and bulls with horns and hooves.

New American Standard Bible

And it will please the Lord better than an ox
Or a young bull with horns and hoofs.

King James Version

This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

Holman Bible

That will please Yahweh more than an ox,
more than a bull with horns and hooves.

A Conservative Version

and it will please LORD better than an ox, [or] a bullock that has horns and hoofs.

American Standard Version

And it will please Jehovah better than an ox, Or a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

Amplified


And it will please the Lord better than an ox
Or a young bull with horns and hoofs.

Bible in Basic English

This will be more pleasing to the Lord than an ox, or a young ox of full growth.

Darby Translation

And it shall please Jehovah more than an ox, a bullock with horns and cloven hoofs.

Julia Smith Translation

And it shall be good to Jehovah above an ox, a bullock shooting out horns and hoofs,

King James 2000

This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that has horns and hoofs.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For Yahweh it will be better than an ox [or] bull, horned [and] hoofed.

Modern King James verseion

This also shall please Jehovah better than an ox, or a bull that has horns and hoofs.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

This shall please the LORD better than a bullock, that hath horns and hoofs.

NET Bible

That will please the Lord more than an ox or a bull with horns and hooves.

New Heart English Bible

It will please the LORD better than an ox, or a bull that has horns and hoofs.

The Emphasized Bible

So shall it be more pleasing to Yahweh than a bullock of the herd, Showing horn and divided hoof.

Webster

This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

World English Bible

It will please Yahweh better than an ox, or a bull that has horns and hoofs.

Youngs Literal Translation

And it is better to Jehovah than an ox, A bullock -- horned -- hoofed.

References

Smith

Context Readings

A Plea For Rescue

30 Let me praise the name of God with a song that I may magnify him with thanksgiving. 31 That will please the LORD more than oxen and bulls with horns and hooves. 32 The afflicted will watch and rejoice. May you who seek God take courage.


Cross References

Psalm 50:13-14

Why should I eat the flesh of oxen or drink the blood of goats?

Psalm 50:23

Whoever offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and I will reveal the salvation of God to whomever continues in my way." To the Director: A Davidic Psalm. When the prophet Nathan came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

Hosea 14:2

Bring a prepared speech with you as you return to the LORD. Say to him: "Take away all our iniquity, and accept what is good. Then we will present the fruit of our lips.

Ephesians 5:19-20

Then you will recite to one another psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; you will sing and make music to the Lord with your hearts;

Hebrews 13:15

Therefore, through him let us always bring God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of our lips that confess his name.

1 Peter 2:5

you, too, as living stones, are building yourselves up into a spiritual house and a holy priesthood, so that you may offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus, the Messiah.

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