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Proverbs 21:3 Interlinear

“To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice”

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Proverbs 21 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	עֲ֭שֹׂה	H6213	To do	to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
2	צְדָקָ֣ה	H6666	justice	rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
3	וּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט	H4941	and judgment	properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
4	נִבְחָ֖ר	H977	is more acceptable	properly, to try, i.e., (by implication) select
5	לַיהוָ֣ה	H3068	to the LORD	(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
6	מִזָּֽבַח׃	H2077	than sacrifice	properly, a slaughter, i.e., the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)

Proverbs 21:3 (current)To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice