Amos 5:22
20 Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?
21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
23 Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
24 But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard.
- KJV
- Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.
- WEB
- Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals.
- ASV
- Yea, though ye offer me your burnt-offerings and meal-offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fat beasts.
- DARBY
- For if ye offer up unto me burnt-offerings and your oblations, I will not accept [them]; neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fatted beasts.
- BLB
- Even though burnt offerings and grain offerings you⁺ send up to Me, l will not accept them, and the peace offering of your⁺ fatlings I will not regard.
- ÅB
- for om dere ofrer meg brennoffer og matoffer, finner jeg ikke behag i dem, og deres takkoffer av gjøkalver ser jeg ikke på.
- OTB
- Selv om dere bringer meg brennoffer og grødeoffer,
vil jeg ikke akseptere dem.
Jeg vil ikke se på fredsofferet av deres fete dyr. - B1930
- for om I ofrer mig brennoffer og matoffer, finner jeg ikke behag i dem, og eders takkoffer av gjøkalver ser jeg ikke på.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Micah 6:6–7
Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
Read in contextAmos 4:4–5
Come to Beth-el, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years:
Read in contextIsaiah 66:3
He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine’s blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.
Read in contextLeviticus 7:12–15
If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried.
Read in contextPsalms 50:23
Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.
Read in contextPsalms 116:17
I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD.
Read in contextPsalms 50:8–14
I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
Read in contextPsalms 107:21–22
Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
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