Psalm 40:6

Easy-to-Read Version

⁶Lord, you made me understand this:^[a]
You don’t really want sacrifices and grain offerings.
You don’t want burnt offerings and sin offerings.

Psalm 40:6 you made … this Literally, “you have dug my ears.” The ancient Greek version has “you prepared a body for me.”

Psalm 40:6

New International Version

⁶Sacrifice and offering you did not desire—^(A)
but my ears you have opened^[a]—^(B)
burnt offerings^(C) and sin offerings^[b] you did not require.

Psalm 40:6 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts but a body you have prepared for me
Psalm 40:6 Or purification offerings

Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)

New International Version (NIV)