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Isaiah 40:16

And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering.

KJV

Et Libanus non sufficiet ad succendendum, et animalia ejus non sufficient ad holocaustum.

Vulgate

ὁ δὲ Λίβανος οὐχ ἱκανὸς εἰς καῦσιν, καὶ πάντα τὰ τετράποδα οὐχ ἱκανὰ εἰς ὁλοκάρπωσιν,

LXX

And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt-offering.

ASV

וּ/לְבָנ֕וֹן אֵ֥ין דֵּ֖י בָּעֵ֑ר וְ/חַיָּת֔/וֹ אֵ֥ין דֵּ֖י עוֹלָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
בִֽעַרְתָּ֥
b'rt
verb · 91×
דֵּ֤י
dy
noun · 39×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
לְּבָנ֔וֹן
lbnvn
proper_noun · 67×
עֹלָ֖ה
'lh
noun · 288×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 3:4 — And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.
  • Mic 6:6 — Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
  • Mic 6:7 — Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
  • Neh 10:34 — And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to
  • Ps 40:6 — Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
  • Ps 50:9 — I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.