Psalms 50 · Verse 9

Psalms 50:9

I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
Psalms 50:9, King James Version

Psalms 50:9 in other translations

BSBI have no need for a bull from your stall or goats from your pens,
WEBI have no need for a bull from your stall, nor male goats from your pens.
ASVI will take no bullock out of thy house, Nor he-goats out of thy folds.
YLTI take not from thy house a bullock, From thy folds he goats.
DARBYI will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds:
BBEI will take no ox out of your house, or he-goats from your flocks;
WebsterI will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds.

What does Psalms 50:9 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…

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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…

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Psalms 50:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
אֶקַּ֣ח'e.KachI will acceptH3947
מִבֵּיתְךָ֣mi.bei.te.Khafrom household yourH1004
פָ֑רFara young bullH6499
מִ֝מִּכְלְאֹתֶ֗יךָmi.mikh.le.'o.Tei.khafrom folds yourH4356
עַתּוּדִֽים\׃'a.tu.DimgoatsH6260

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 50:9

  • Micah 6:6-8

    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? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

  • Hebrews 10:4-6

    For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.

  • Acts 17:25

    Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;

  • Psalms 69:31

    This also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.

  • Isaiah 43:23-24

    Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense. Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities.

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Isa 43:23,24; Mic 6:6-8; Ac 17:25; Heb 10:4-6

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Context

  • Psalms 50:8

    I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.

  • Psalms 50:9

    I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.

  • Psalms 50:10

    For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

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Psalms 50:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		No tomaré de tu casa becerros, ni machos cabríos de tus apriscos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Je ne prendrai pas de taureau de ta maison, ni de boucs de tes parcs;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Nicht werde ich Farren nehmen aus deinem Hause, noch Böcke aus deinen Hürden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Asperges me hyssopo, et mundabor; lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor.