Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleWhat use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.” Young's Literal Translation Why [is] this to Me? frankincense from Sheba cometh, And the sweet cane from a land afar off, Your burnt-offerings [are] not for acceptance, And your sacrifices have not been sweet to Me. King James Bible To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings [are] not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me. Hebrew What useלָמָּה־ (lām·māh-) Preposition-l | Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what to Me לִ֤י (lî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew is frankincense לְבוֹנָה֙ (lə·ḇō·w·nāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 3828: Frankincense from Sheba מִשְּׁבָ֣א (miš·šə·ḇā) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 7614: Sheba -- a territory in soutwest Arabia, also the name of one or more descendant of Noah or sweet הַטּ֖וֹב (haṭ·ṭō·wḇ) Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good cane וְקָנֶ֥ה (wə·qā·neh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7070: A reed, a, rod, shaft, tube, stem, the radius, beam from a distant מֶרְחָ֑ק (mer·ḥāq) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4801: Remoteness, a distant place, from afar land? מֵאֶ֣רֶץ (mê·’e·reṣ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 776: Earth, land Your burnt offerings עֹלֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙ (‘ō·lō·w·ṯê·ḵem) Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 5930: Whole burnt offering are not acceptable; לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no your sacrifices וְזִבְחֵיכֶ֖ם (wə·ziḇ·ḥê·ḵem) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 2077: A slaughter, the flesh of an animal, a sacrifice do not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no please עָ֥רְבוּ (‘ā·rə·ḇū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 6149: To be sweet or pleasing Me.” ס (s) Punctuation Strong's Hebrew |
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