11 translations · Hebrew
Psalm 51:17
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Psalm 51:17 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
- KJV King James Version
- The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
- ASV American Standard Version
- The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit, || A heart broken and bruised, O God, || You do not despise.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- The “sacrifices” that God wants are on the inside—the brokenness of repentance. God won't reject a broken and sorrowful heart.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- The sacrifices of God [are] a broken spirit, A heart broken and bruised, O God, Thou dost not despise.
- DBY Darby Translation
- The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. O God, you will not despise a broken and contrite heart.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899 · Psalm 50:19 in this edition
- A sacrifice to God is an afflicted spirit: a contrite and humbled heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| זִֽבְחֵ֣י | ziḇ·ḥê | The sacrifices | H2077 זֶ֫בַח sacrifice |
| אֱלֹהִים֮ | ’ĕ·lō·hîm | of God | H430 אֱלֹהִים God |
| ר֪וּחַ | rū·aḥ | spirit | H7307 רוּחַ spirit |
| נִשְׁבָּ֫רָ֥ה | niš·bā·rāh | [are] a broken | H7665 שָׁבַר to break |
| לֵב־ | lêḇ- | heart | H3820 לֵב heart |
| נִשְׁבָּ֥ר | niš·bār | a broken | H7665 שָׁבַר to break |
| וְנִדְכֶּ֑ה | wə·niḏ·keh | and a contrite | H1794 דָּכָה to crush |
| אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים | ’ĕ·lō·hîm | O God | H430 אֱלֹהִים God |
| לֹ֣א | lō | You will not | H3808 לֹא not |
| תִבְזֶֽה׃ | ṯiḇ·zeh | despise | H959 בָּזָה to despise |
Related verses
- Psalm 34:18
Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit.
- Isaiah 66:2
For my hand has made all these things, and so all these things came to be,” says Yahweh: “but to this man will I look, even to he who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at my word.
- Psalm 147:3
He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
- Luke 15:10
Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting.”
- Mark 12:33
and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
- Matthew 5:3
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
- 2 Chronicles 33:12–13
When he was in distress, he begged Yahweh his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers. He prayed to him; and he was entreated by him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that Yahweh was God.
- Psalm 102:17
He has responded to the prayer of the destitute, and has not despised their prayer.
- Isaiah 57:15
For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
- Hebrews 13:16
But don’t forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
15 Lord, open my lips. My mouth shall declare your praise.
16 For you don’t delight in sacrifice, or else I would give it. You have no pleasure in burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. A broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
18 Do well in your good pleasure to Zion. Build the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, in burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar.
Read all of Psalm 51 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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