Psalms 50:13
Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
Psalms 50:13 in other translations
| BSB | Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? |
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| WEB | Will I eat the meat of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? |
| ASV | Will I eat the flesh of bulls, Or drink the blood of goats? |
| YLT | Do I eat the flesh of bulls, And drink the blood of he-goats? |
| DARBY | Should I eat the flesh of bulls, and drink the blood of goats? |
| BBE | Am I to take the flesh of the ox for my food, or the blood of goats for my drink? |
| Webster | Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? |
What does Psalms 50:13 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 50:8-15
8-15. However scrupulous in external worship, it was offered as if they conferred an obligation in giving God His own, and with a degrading view of Him as needing it [Psa 50:9-13]. Reproving them for such foolish and blasphemous notions, He teaches them to offer, or literally, "sacrifice," thanksgiving, and pay, or perform, their vows--that is, to bring, with the external symbolical service, the homage of the heart…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 50:7-15
To obey is better than sacrifice, and to love God and our neighbour better than all burnt-offerings. We are here warned not to rest in these performances. And let us beware of resting in any form. God demands the heart, and how can human inventions please him, when repentance, faith, and holiness are neglected? In the day of distress we must apply to the Lord by fervent prayer. Our troubles, though we see them…
Psalms 50:13 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Psalms 50:12
If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
- Psalms 50:13
Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
- Psalms 50:14
Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
Psalms 50:13 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¿Tengo de comer yo carne de toros, ó de beber sangre de machos cabríos? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mangerais-je la chair des gros taureaux, et boirais-je le sang des boucs? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Sollte ich das Fleisch von Stieren essen und das Blut von Böcken trinken? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ne projicias me a facie tua, et spiritum sanctum tuum ne auferas a me. |