I have no need for a bull from your stall, nor male goats from your pens.
Parallel translations
- KJV I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
- BSB I have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,
- NKJV I will not take a bull from your house, Nor goats out of your folds.
- NASB “I will not take a bull from your house, Nor male goats from your folds.
- NLT But I do not need the bulls from your barns or the goats from your pens.
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Cross-references & the web
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- Mic 6:6–8How shall I come before Yahweh, and bow myself before the exalted God? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?
- Acts 17:25neither is he served by men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he himself gives to all life and breath, and all things.
- Heb 10:4–6For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.
- Isa 43:23–24You have not brought me of your sheep for burnt offerings; neither have you honored me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense.
- Ps 69:31It will please Yahweh better than an ox, or a bull that has horns and hoofs.
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