CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Hosea 6:6 Parallel: For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.</title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/parallel/hosea/6-6.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/new5.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/hosea/6-6.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmstr/hosea/6-6.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="http://biblehub.com/tools.htm">Parallel</a> > Hosea 6:6</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hosea/6-5.htm" title="Hosea 6:5">◄</a> Hosea 6:6 <a href="../hosea/6-7.htm" title="Hosea 6:7">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse"> <a href="#classic" class="clickchap2" title="Classic Translations"> CLA </a> <a href="#literal" class="clickchap2" title="Literal Translations"> LIT </a> <a href="#catholic" class="clickchap2" title="Catholic Translations"> CAT </a> <a href="#aramaic" class="clickchap2" title="Translations from Aramaic"> ARA </a> <a href="#strongs" class="clickchap2" title="Parallel Strong's"> STR </a> </div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><b>Modern Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/hosea/6.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/hosea/6.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />I want you to show love, not offer sacrifices. I want you to know me more than I want burnt offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/hosea/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/hosea/6.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></span><br />For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/hosea/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For I desire loyalty rather than sacrifice, And the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/hosea/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/hosea/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/hosea/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For I desire <i>and</i> delight in [steadfast] loyalty [faithfulness in the covenant relationship], rather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/hosea/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For I desire faithful love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/hosea/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For I desire loyalty and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/hosea/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I'd rather for you to be faithful and to know me than to offer sacrifices. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/hosea/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I want your constant love, not your animal sacrifices. I would rather have my people know me than burn offerings to me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/hosea/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I want your loyalty, not your sacrifices. I want you to know me, not to give me burnt offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/hosea/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />For it is love that I seek, and not sacrifice; knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/hosea/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For I delight in faithfulness, not simply in sacrifice; I delight in acknowledging God, not simply in whole burnt offerings. </div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="classic" id="classic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Classic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/hosea/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/hosea/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For I desire mercy and not sacrifice, And the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kj2000/hosea/6.htm">King James 2000 Bible</a></span><br />For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/hosea/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/hosea/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/akjv/hosea/6.htm">American King James Version</a></span><br />For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/hosea/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/afv/hosea/6.htm">A Faithful Version</a></span><br />For I desire mercy and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/hosea/6.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />For I delight in loving-kindness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/hosea/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/hosea/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="early" id="early"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Early Modern</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/geneva/hosea/6.htm">Geneva Bible of 1587</a></span><br />For I desired mercie, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more then burnt offrings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bishops/hosea/6.htm">Bishops' Bible of 1568</a></span><br />For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more then burnt offeringes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/coverdale/hosea/6.htm">Coverdale Bible of 1535</a></span><br />For I haue pleasure in louynge kyndnesse, and not in offerynge: Yee in the knowlege of God, more then in burntsacrifice.</div></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><a name="literal" id="literal"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/hosea/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, "" And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/hosea/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/hosea/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For I delighted in mercy and not sacrifice; the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="catholic" id="catholic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/hosea/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more than holocausts. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/hosea/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For I desired mercy and not sacrifice, and knowledge of God more than holocausts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="aramaic" id="aramaic"></a><div class="vheading"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/hosea/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because I have pleasure in goodness and not in sacrifice, and in the knowledge of God more than burning peace offerings<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/hosea/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For I desired mercy and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="otnt" id="otnt"></a><div class="vheading"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/hosea/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, And the knowledge of God rather than burnt-offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/hosea/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For I will <i>have</i> mercy rather than sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than whole-burnt-offerings.</div></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr height="600"><td align="center"> <div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> <div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="strongs" id="strongs"></a><div class="vheading">Parallel Strong's</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb-strongs/hosea/6.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/2654.htm" title="2654: ḥā·p̄aṣ·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- A primitive root; properly, to incline to; by implication to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire.">I desire</a> <a href="/hebrew/2617.htm" title="2617: ḥe·seḏ (N-ms) -- Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty. From chacad; kindness; by implication piety: rarely reproof, or Beauty.">mercy,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō- (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">not</a> <a href="/hebrew/2077.htm" title="2077: zā·ḇaḥ (N-ms) -- A sacrifice. From zabach; properly, a slaughter, i.e. The flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice.">sacrifice,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1847.htm" title="1847: wə·ḏa·‘aṯ (Conj-w:: N-fsc) -- Knowledge. From yada'; knowledge.">and the knowledge</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">of God</a> <a href="/hebrew/5930.htm" title="5930: mê·‘ō·lō·wṯ (Prep-m:: N-fp) -- Whole burnt offering. Or mowlah; feminine active participle of alah; a step or; usually a holocaust.">rather than burnt offerings.</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylts/hosea/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588. kiy (kee) -- that, for, when">For</a><a href="/hebrew/2617.htm" title="2617. checed (kheh'-sed) -- favour"> kindness</a><a href="/hebrew/2654.htm" title="2654. chaphets (khaw-fates') -- desire"> I desired</a><a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808. lo' (lo) -- not">, and not</a><a href="/hebrew/2077.htm" title="2077. zebach (zeh'-bakh) -- a sacrifice"> sacrifice</a><a href="/hebrew/1847.htm" title="1847. da'ath (dah'-ath) -- knowledge">, And a knowledge</a><a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430. 'elohiym (el-o-heem') -- God, god"> of God</a><a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480. min (min) -- from"> above</a><a href="/hebrew/5930.htm" title="5930. olah (o-law') -- ascent"> burnt-offerings.</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><b><a href="/hcsb/hosea/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></b></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="כִּי_2 Pc 3588">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/2654.htm" title="חפץ_1 vqp1cs 2654"> I desire</a> <a href="/hebrew/2617.htm" title="חֶסֶד_2 ncmsa 2617"> loyalty</a> <a href="/strongs.htm" title="וְ Pc"> and</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="לֹא Pn 3808"> not</a> <a href="/hebrew/2077.htm" title="זֶבַח_1 ncmsa 2077"> sacrifice</a>, <a href="/hebrew/1847.htm" title="דַּעַת_1 ncfsc 1847">the knowledge</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="אֱלֹהִים ncmpa 430"> of God</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="מִן Pp 4480"> rather than</a> <a href="/hebrew/5930.htm" title="עֹלָה ncfpa 5930"> burnt offerings</a>.</span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nas/hosea/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/2654a.htm" title="2654a">For I delight</a> <a href="/hebrew/2617a.htm" title="2617a">in loyalty</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808. lo' (lo) -- not">rather</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808. lo' (lo) -- not">than</a> <a href="/hebrew/2077.htm" title="2077. zebach (zeh'-bakh) -- a sacrifice">sacrifice,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1847.htm" title="1847. da'ath (dah'-ath) -- knowledge">And in the knowledge</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430. 'elohiym (el-o-heem') -- God, god">of God</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480. min (min) -- from">rather</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480. min (min) -- from">than</a> <a href="/hebrew/5930a.htm" title="5930a">burnt</a> <a href="/hebrew/5930a.htm" title="5930a">offerings.</a> </span><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjvs/hosea/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br /><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/2654.htm" title="2654. chaphets (khaw-fates') -- desire">For I desired</a> <a href="/hebrew/2617.htm" title="2617. checed (kheh'-sed) -- favour">mercy,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2077.htm" title="2077. zebach (zeh'-bakh) -- a sacrifice">and not sacrifice;</a> <a href="/hebrew/1847.htm" title="1847. da'ath (dah'-ath) -- knowledge">and the knowledge</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430. 'elohiym (el-o-heem') -- God, god">of God</a> <a href="/hebrew/5930.htm" title="5930. olah (o-law') -- ascent">more than burnt offerings.</a> </span></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../hosea/6-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hosea 6:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hosea 6:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../hosea/6-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hosea 6:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hosea 6:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <br /><br /> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>