Psalm 40:6 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
Why does my Bible say something different?
- Psalm 40:6 and Hebrews 10:5: “ears” or “a body”?
In the Hebrew text of Psalm 40 God has “dug” or “opened” the psalmist’s ears. In the Greek Septuagint (Psalm 39:7) God has “prepared a body” for him, and the Epistle to the Hebrews quotes that Greek wording of Christ coming into the world. The Orthodox Church reads the Greek. Scholars still debate how the Greek reading arose.
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899 In this text: Psalm 39:7
Sacrifice and oblation thou didst not desire; but thou hast pierced ears for me. Burnt offering and sin offering thou didst not require:
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version In this text: Psalm 39:7
Sacrifice and oblation, you did not want. But you have perfected ears for me. Holocaust and sin offering, you did not require.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
Sacrifice and offering you didn’t desire. You have opened my ears. You have not required burnt offering and sin offering.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
Sacrifice and offering you didn’t desire. You have opened my ears. You have not required burnt offering and sin offering.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
Sacrifice and offering thou hast no delight in; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
Sacrifice and offering thou hast no delight in; Mine ears hast thou opened: Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not required.
LSV Literal Standard Version
Sacrifice and present You have not desired, || But a body You have prepared for me, || Burnt and sin-offering You have not asked.
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
Sacrifice and oblation thou didst not desire: ears hast thou prepared me. Burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not demanded;
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; my ears hast thou opened: burnt-offering and sin-offering hast thou not required.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
Sacrifice and offering thou didest not desire: (for mine eares hast thou prepared) burnt offring and sinne offering hast thou not required.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
You have no delight in sacrifice or offering, but you have opened my ears; you have not required burnt offerings or sin offerings.
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jewish
JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)
(40-7) Sacrifice and meal-offering Thou hast no delight in; mine ears hast Thou opened; burnt-offering and sin-offering hast Thou not required.
Individual translator
Brenton Brenton's English Septuagint In this text: Psalm 39:7
Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not; but a body hast thou prepared me: whole-burnt-offering and [sacrifice] for sin thou didst not require.
LXXUP Updated Brenton English Septuagint In this text: Psalm 39:7
Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not; But a body hast thou prepared me: Whole burnt offering and [sacrifice] for sin thou didst not require.
YLT Young's Literal Translation
Sacrifice and present Thou hast not desired, Ears Thou hast prepared for me, Burnt and sin-offering Thou hast not asked.
FBV Free Bible Version
You don't want sacrifices and offerings. Now you have helped me understand—you're not asking for burnt offerings or sin offerings.
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
You had no desire for offerings of beasts or fruits of the earth; ears you made for me: for burned offerings and sin offerings you made no request.
Spanish
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Sacrificio y presente no te agrada; has abierto mis oídos; holocausto y expiación no has demandado.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
A ti no te complacen sacrificios ni ofrendas, pero me has hecho obediente; tú no has pedido holocaustos ni sacrificios por el pecado.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Sacrificio y ofrenda no te agradan. Abriste mis oídos. No demandas holocausto y sacrificio que apacigua.
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
No quieres sacrificios ni ofrendas. Me has ayudado a entender que Tú no estás pidiendo ofrendas quemadas u ofrendas de pecado.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
No deseabas sacrificios de animales ni ofrendas de los frutos de la tierra; formaste mis oídos. No pediste holocaustos ni ofrendas por el pecado.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Scholarly edition
LXX Brenton's Greek Septuagint In this text: Psalm 39:7
Θυσίαν καὶ προσφορὰν οὐκ ἠθέλησας, σῶμα δὲ κατηρτίσω μοι· ὁλοκαύτωμα καὶ περὶ ἁμαρτίας οὐκ ᾔτησας.
Hebrew
Scholarly edition
WLC Westminster Leningrad Codex In this text: Psalm 40:7
זֶ֤בַח וּמִנְחָ֨ה ׀ לֹֽא־חָפַ֗צְתָּ אָ֭זְנַיִם כָּרִ֣יתָ לִּ֑י עוֹלָ֥ה וַ֝חֲטָאָ֗ה לֹ֣א שָׁאָֽלְתָּ׃
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate In this text: Psalm 39:7
Sacrificium et oblationem noluisti; aures autem perfecisti mihi. Holocaustum et pro peccato non postulasti;
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible) In this text: Psalm 39:7
Же́ртвы и҆ приноше́нїѧ не восхотѣ́лъ є҆сѝ, тѣ́ло же сверши́лъ мѝ є҆сѝ: всесожже́нїй и҆ ѡ҆ грѣсѣ̀ не взыска́лъ є҆сѝ.
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876) In this text: Psalm 39:7
Жертвы и приношения Ты не восхотел; Ты открыл мне уши; всесожжения и жертвы за грех Ты не потребовал.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Θυσίαν και προσφοράν δεν ηθέλησας· διήνοιξας εν εμοί ώτα· ολοκαύτωμα και προσφοράν περί αμαρτίας δεν εζήτησας.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Жртве и дарове нећеш; Ти си ми уши отворио; жртву паљеницу и која се за грех приноси не тражиш.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Žrtve i darove nećeš; Ti si mi uši otvorio; žrtvu paljenicu i koja se za greh prinosi ne tražiš.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
بِذَبِيحَةٍ وَتَقْدِمَةٍ لَمْ تُسَرَّ. أُذُنَيَّ فَتَحْتَ. مُحْرَقَةً وَذَبِيحَةَ خَطِيَّةٍ لَمْ تَطْلُبْ.
Not in these translations (8)
Tyndale, Scío, PT1904, PT, RP2018, TR, Nestle 1904, SBLGNT