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Selected Verse: Proverbs 21:3 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 21:3 |
Strong Concordance |
To do [06213] justice [06666] and judgment [04941] is more acceptable [0977] to the LORD [03068] than sacrifice [02077]. |
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King James |
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| (Compare Psa 50:7-15; Isa 1:11, Isa 1:17). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| 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" Kg1 8:5. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
3 To practice justice and right
Hath with Jahve the pre-eminence above sacrifice.
We have already (vol. i. p. 42) shown how greatly this depreciation of the works of the ceremonial cultus, as compared with the duties of moral obedience, is in the spirit of the Chokma; cf. also at Pro 15:8. Prophecy also gives its testimony, e.g., Hos 6:7, according to which also here (cf. Pro 20:8 with Isa 9:8) the practising of צדקה וּמשׁפּט (sequence of words as at Gen 18:19; Psa 33:5, elsewhere צדק ומשׁפט, and yet more commonly משׁפט וצדקה) does not denote legal rigour, but the practising of the justum et aequum, or much rather the aequum et bonum, thus in its foundation conduct proceeding from the principle of love. The inf. עשׂה (like קנה, Pro 16:16) occurs three times (here and at Gen 50:20; Psa 101:3); once עשׂו is written (Gen 31:18), as also in the infin. absol. the form עשׂה mro and עשׂו interchange (vid., Norzi at Jer 22:4); once עשׂהוּ for עשׂותו (Exo 18:18) occurs in the status conjunctus. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| To do justice and judgment - The words of Samuel to Saul. See note on Sa1 15:23. |
17 Learn [03925] to do well [03190]; seek [01875] judgment [04941], relieve [0833] the oppressed [02541], judge [08199] the fatherless [03490], plead [07378] for the widow [0490].
11 To what [04100] purpose is the multitude [07230] of your sacrifices [02077] unto me? saith [0559] the LORD [03068]: I am full [07646] of the burnt offerings [05930] of rams [0352], and the fat [02459] of fed beasts [04806]; and I delight [02654] not in the blood [01818] of bullocks [06499], or of lambs [03532], or of he goats [06260].
7 Hear [08085], O my people [05971], and I will speak [01696]; O Israel [03478], and I will testify [05749] against thee: I am God [0430], even thy God [0430].
8 I will not reprove [03198] thee for thy sacrifices [02077] or thy burnt offerings [05930], to have been continually [08548] before me.
9 I will take [03947] no bullock [06499] out of thy house [01004], nor he goats [06260] out of thy folds [04356].
10 For every beast [02416] of the forest [03293] is mine, and the cattle [0929] upon a thousand [0505] hills [02042].
11 I know [03045] all the fowls [05775] of the mountains [02022]: and the wild beasts [02123] of the field [07704] are mine [05978].
12 If I were hungry [07456], I would not tell [0559] thee: for the world [08398] is mine, and the fulness [04393] thereof.
13 Will I eat [0398] the flesh [01320] of bulls [047], or drink [08354] the blood [01818] of goats [06260]?
14 Offer [02076] unto God [0430] thanksgiving [08426]; and pay [07999] thy vows [05088] unto the most High [05945]:
15 And call [07121] upon me in the day [03117] of trouble [06869]: I will deliver [02502] thee, and thou shalt glorify [03513] me.
5 And king [04428] Solomon [08010], and all the congregation [05712] of Israel [03478], that were assembled [03259] unto him, were with him before [06440] the ark [0727], sacrificing [02076] sheep [06629] and oxen [01241], that could not be told [05608] nor numbered [04487] for multitude [07230].
18 Thou wilt surely [05034] wear away [05034], both thou, and this people [05971] that is with thee: for this thing [01697] is too heavy [03515] for thee; thou art not able [03201] to perform [06213] it thyself alone.
4 For if ye do [06213] this thing [01697] indeed [06213], then shall there enter in [0935] by the gates [08179] of this house [01004] kings [04428] sitting [03427] upon the throne [03678] of David [01732], riding [07392] in chariots [07393] and on horses [05483], he, and his servants [05650], and his people [05971].
18 And he carried away [05090] all his cattle [04735], and all his goods [07399] which he had gotten [07408], the cattle [04735] of his getting [07075], which he had gotten [07408] in Padanaram [06307], for to go [0935] to Isaac [03327] his father [01] in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667].
3 I will set [07896] no wicked [01100] thing [01697] before mine eyes [05869]: I hate [08130] the work [06213] of them that turn aside [07750]; it shall not cleave [01692] to me.
20 But as for you, ye thought [02803] evil [07451] against me; but God [0430] meant it [02803] unto good [02896], to [04616] bring to pass [06213], as it is this day [03117], to save [02421] much [07227] people [05971] alive [02421].
16 How much better [02896] is it to get [07069] wisdom [02451] than gold [02742]! and to get [07069] understanding [0998] rather to be chosen [0977] than silver [03701]!
5 He loveth [0157] righteousness [06666] and judgment [04941]: the earth [0776] is full [04390] of the goodness [02617] of the LORD [03068].
19 For I know [03045] him, that [0834] he will command [06680] his children [01121] and his household [01004] after him [0310], and they shall keep [08104] the way [01870] of the LORD [03068], to do [06213] justice [06666] and judgment [04941]; that the LORD [03068] may bring [0935] upon Abraham [085] that which he hath spoken [01696] of him.
8 The Lord [0136] sent [07971] a word [01697] into Jacob [03290], and it hath lighted [05307] upon Israel [03478].
8 A king [04428] that sitteth in [03427] the throne [03678] of judgment [01779] scattereth away [02219] all evil [07451] with his eyes [05869].
7 But they like men [0120] have transgressed [05674] the covenant [01285]: there have they dealt treacherously [0898] against me.
8 The sacrifice [02077] of the wicked [07563] is an abomination [08441] to the LORD [03068]: but the prayer [08605] of the upright [03477] is his delight [07522].
23 For rebellion [04805] is as the sin [02403] of witchcraft [07081], and stubbornness [06484] is as iniquity [0205] and idolatry [08655]. Because thou hast rejected [03988] the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], he hath also rejected [03988] thee from being king [04428].