Psalms 50:13
Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
KJV
Ne projicias me a facie tua, et spiritum sanctum tuum ne auferas a me.
Vulgate
μὴ ἀπορρίψῃς με ἀπὸ τοῦ προσώπου σου, καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιόν σου μὴ ἀντανέλῃς ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ.
LXX
Will I eat the flesh of bulls, Or drink the blood of goats?
ASV
הַֽ֭/אוֹכַל בְּשַׂ֣ר אַבִּירִ֑ים וְ/דַ֖ם עַתּוּדִ֣ים אֶשְׁתֶּֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
ו
v
adjective · 17×
וֹ
v
noun · 269×
וֹ
v
noun · 356×
ם
m
verb · 811×
עַתֻּדִ֣ים
'tdym
noun · 29×
שְׁתּ֖וֹת
shtvt
verb · 216×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Chapter 5.—Of the Sacrifices Which God Does Not Require, But Wished to Be Observed for the Exhibition of Those Things Which He Does Require. And who is so foolish as to suppose that the things offered to God are needed by Him for some uses of His own? Divine Scripture in many places explodes this idea. Not to be wearisome, suffice it to quote this brief saying from a psalm: “I …
Cross-references
- Deut 32:38 — Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.
- Deut 33:19 — They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand.
- John 4:24 — God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
- Ps 69:31 — This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
- Rom 12:1 — I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.