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Complete Jewish Bible
Proverbs 21:3
To do what is right and just is more pleasing to Adonai than sacrifice.
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Christian Standard Bible®
Doing what is righteous and justis more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Doing what is righteous and justis more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Hebrew Names Version
To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
King James Version
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
English Standard Version
To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
New American Standard Bible
To do righteousness and justice Is preferred by the LORD more than sacrifice.
To do righteousness and justice Is preferred by the LORD more than sacrifice.
New Century Version
Doing what is right and fair is more important to the Lord than sacrifices.
Doing what is right and fair is more important to the Lord than sacrifices.
Amplified Bible
To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice [for wrongs repeatedly committed].
To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice [for wrongs repeatedly committed].
World English Bible
To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.
To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.
Geneva Bible (1587)
To doe iustice and iudgement is more acceptable to the Lord then sacrifice.
To doe iustice and iudgement is more acceptable to the Lord then sacrifice.
Legacy Standard Bible
To do righteousness and justiceIs chosen by Yahweh over sacrifice.
To do righteousness and justiceIs chosen by Yahweh over sacrifice.
Berean Standard Bible
To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Contemporary English Version
Doing what is right and fair pleases the Lord more than an offering.
Doing what is right and fair pleases the Lord more than an offering.
Darby Translation
To exercise justice and judgment is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.
To exercise justice and judgment is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.
Easy-to-Read Version
Do what is right and fair. The Lord loves that more than sacrifices.
Do what is right and fair. The Lord loves that more than sacrifices.
George Lamsa Translation
He who does righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than he who offers a sacrifice.
He who does righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than he who offers a sacrifice.
Good News Translation
Do what is right and fair; that pleases the Lord more than bringing him sacrifices.
Do what is right and fair; that pleases the Lord more than bringing him sacrifices.
Lexham English Bible
Doing righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.
Doing righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.
Literal Translation
For Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice is to be chosen more than sacrifice.
For Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice is to be chosen more than sacrifice.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
To do rightuousnesse and iudgmet is more acceptable to the LORDE the sacrifice.
To do rightuousnesse and iudgmet is more acceptable to the LORDE the sacrifice.
American Standard Version
To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.
To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.
Bible in Basic English
To do what is right and true is more pleasing to the Lord than an offering.
To do what is right and true is more pleasing to the Lord than an offering.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
King James Version (1611)
To doe iustice and iudgement, is more acceptable to the Lord, then sacrifice.
To doe iustice and iudgement, is more acceptable to the Lord, then sacrifice.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
To do righteousnes and iudgement, is more acceptable to the Lorde then sacrifice.
To do righteousnes and iudgement, is more acceptable to the Lorde then sacrifice.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
To do justly and to speak truth, are more pleasing to God than the blood of sacrifices.
To do justly and to speak truth, are more pleasing to God than the blood of sacrifices.
English Revised Version
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
To do merci and doom plesith more the Lord, than sacrifices doen.
To do merci and doom plesith more the Lord, than sacrifices doen.
Update Bible Version
To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.
To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.
Webster's Bible Translation
To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
To do justice and judgment [is] more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
New English Translation
To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
New King James Version
To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
New Living Translation
The Lord is more pleased when we do what is right and just than when we offer him sacrifices.
The Lord is more pleased when we do what is right and just than when we offer him sacrifices.
New Life Bible
To do what is right and good and fair is more pleasing to the Lord than gifts given on the altar in worship.
To do what is right and good and fair is more pleasing to the Lord than gifts given on the altar in worship.
New Revised Standard
To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
To do righteousness and justice, is more choice to Yahweh than sacrifice.
To do righteousness and justice, is more choice to Yahweh than sacrifice.
Douay-Rheims Bible
To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth the Lord more than victims.
To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth the Lord more than victims.
Revised Standard Version
To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
Young's Literal Translation
To do righteousness and judgment, Is chosen of Jehovah rather than sacrifice.
To do righteousness and judgment, Is chosen of Jehovah rather than sacrifice.
THE MESSAGE
Clean living before God and justice with our neighbors mean far more to God than religious performance.
Clean living before God and justice with our neighbors mean far more to God than religious performance.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
To do righteousness and justice Is desired by the LORD more than sacrifice.
To do righteousness and justice Is desired by the LORD more than sacrifice.
Contextual Overview
3 To do what is right and just is more pleasing to Adonai than sacrifice.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 15:8, 1 Samuel 15:22, Psalms 50:8, Isaiah 1:11-17, Jeremiah 7:21-23, Hosea 6:6, Micah 6:6-8, Mark 12:33
Reciprocal: Exodus 32:29 - Moses Judges 20:8 - We will not 1 Samuel 13:9 - he offered 1 Samuel 20:24 - the king 2 Chronicles 9:8 - to do judgment Jeremiah 22:15 - and do Ezekiel 18:5 - that Ezekiel 45:10 - General Hosea 12:6 - keep Amos 5:24 - let Micah 6:8 - to do Zechariah 7:9 - saying Zechariah 14:20 - shall there Matthew 9:13 - I will Matthew 23:23 - the weightier Luke 11:42 - and pass Ephesians 5:10 - acceptable
Cross-References
Genesis 17:19
God answered, "No, but Sarah your wife will bear you a son, and you are to call him Yitz'chak [laughter]. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
God answered, "No, but Sarah your wife will bear you a son, and you are to call him Yitz'chak [laughter]. I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.
Genesis 21:6
Sarah said, "God has given me good reason to laugh; now everyone who hears about it will laugh with me."
Sarah said, "God has given me good reason to laugh; now everyone who hears about it will laugh with me."
Genesis 21:12
But God said to Avraham, "Don't be distressed because of the boy and your slave-girl. Listen to everything Sarah says to you, because it is your descendants through Yitz'chak who will be counted.
But God said to Avraham, "Don't be distressed because of the boy and your slave-girl. Listen to everything Sarah says to you, because it is your descendants through Yitz'chak who will be counted.
Genesis 22:2
He said, "Take your son, your only son, whom you love, Yitz'chak; and go to the land of Moriyah. There you are to offer him as a burnt offering on a mountain that I will point out to you."
He said, "Take your son, your only son, whom you love, Yitz'chak; and go to the land of Moriyah. There you are to offer him as a burnt offering on a mountain that I will point out to you."
Joshua 24:3
I took your ancestor Avraham from beyond the River, led him through all the land of Kena‘an, increased his descendants and gave him Yitz'chak.
I took your ancestor Avraham from beyond the River, led him through all the land of Kena‘an, increased his descendants and gave him Yitz'chak.
Matthew 1:2
Avraham was the father of Yitz'chak, Yitz'chak was the father of Ya‘akov, Ya‘akov was the father of Y'hudah and his brothers,
Avraham was the father of Yitz'chak, Yitz'chak was the father of Ya‘akov, Ya‘akov was the father of Y'hudah and his brothers,
Acts 7:8
And he gave him b'rit-milah. So he became the father of Yitz'chak and did his b'rit-milah on the eighth day, and Yitz'chak became the father of Ya‘akov, and Ya‘akov became the father of the Twelve Patriarchs.
And he gave him b'rit-milah. So he became the father of Yitz'chak and did his b'rit-milah on the eighth day, and Yitz'chak became the father of Ya‘akov, and Ya‘akov became the father of the Twelve Patriarchs.
Romans 9:7
indeed, not all the descendants are seed of Avraham ; rather, "What is to be called your ‘seed' will be in Yitz'chak."
indeed, not all the descendants are seed of Avraham ; rather, "What is to be called your ‘seed' will be in Yitz'chak."
Hebrews 11:18
to whom it had been said, " What is called your ‘seed' will be in Yitz'chak. "
to whom it had been said, " What is called your ‘seed' will be in Yitz'chak. "
Gill's Notes on the Bible
To do justice and judgment,.... The moral duties of religion, what is holy, just, and good, which the law requires; what is agreeably to both tables, piety towards God, and justice to men; that which is just and right between man and man; which, especially if done from right principles and with right views,
[is] more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice; not than any sacrifice; than the sacrifice of a broken heart, or the sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, or of acts of goodness and beneficence, or of a man's whole self to the Lord; but than ceremonial sacrifices; which, though of divine institution, and typical of Christ, and when offered up in the faith of him, were acceptable to God, while in force; yet not when done without faith and in hypocrisy, and especially when done to cover and countenance immoral actions; and, even when compared with moral duties, the latter were preferable to them; see 1 Samuel 15:22.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Compare the marginal reference. The words have a special significance as coming from the king who had built the temple, and had offered sacrifices that could not be numbered for multitude” 1 Kings 8:5.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 21:3. To do justice and judgment — The words of Samuel to Saul. 1 Samuel 15:23.
