Parallel Verses
Amplified
And it will please the Lord better than an ox
Or a young bull with horns and hoofs.
New American Standard Bible
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
more than a bull with horns and hooves.
International Standard Version
That will please the LORD more than oxen and bulls 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.
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
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 69:31
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Plea For Rescue
30
I will praise the name of God with song
And magnify Him with thanksgiving.
And it will please the Lord better than an ox
Or a young bull with horns and hoofs.
The humble have seen it and are glad;
You who seek God [requiring Him as your greatest need], let your heart revive and live.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 50:13-14
“Shall I eat the flesh of bulls
Or drink the blood of male goats?
Psalm 50:23
“He who offers a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving honors Me;
And to him who orders his way rightly [who follows the way that I show him],
I shall show the salvation of God.”
Hosea 14:2
Take the words [confessing your guilt] with you and return to the Lord.
Say to Him, “Take away all our wickedness;
Accept what is good and receive us graciously,
So that we may present the fruit of our lips (gratitude).
Ephesians 5:19-20
Hebrews 13:15
Through Him, therefore, let us at all times offer up to God a sacrifice of praise, which is the fruit of lips that thankfully acknowledge and confess and glorify His name.
1 Peter 2:5
You [believers], like living stones, are