King James Version
Psalms 50:8 in the King James Version says “I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 50 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.”
Psalms 50:8 · KJV
And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“thee for thy sacrifices”
H2077properly, a slaughter, i.e., the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)
“I will not reprove”
H3198to be right (i.e., correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
“or thy burnt offerings”
H5930a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
a front, i.e., part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually (adverbial, especially with preposition) over against or before
“to have been continually”
H8548properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); elliptically the re
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