Amos 5:22
New International Version
Even though you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Though you bring choice fellowship offerings, I will have no regard for them.

New Living Translation
I will not accept your burnt offerings and grain offerings. I won’t even notice all your choice peace offerings.

English Standard Version
Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; and the peace offerings of your fattened animals, I will not look upon them.

Berean Standard Bible
Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard.

King James Bible
Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.

New King James Version
Though you offer Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept them, Nor will I regard your fattened peace offerings.

New American Standard Bible
“Even though you offer up to Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept them; And I will not even look at the peace offerings of your fattened oxen.

NASB 1995
“Even though you offer up to Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept them; And I will not even look at the peace offerings of your fatlings.

NASB 1977
“Even though you offer up to Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept them; And I will not even look at the peace offerings of your fatlings.

Legacy Standard Bible
Even though you offer up to Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept them; And I will not even look at the peace offerings of your fatlings.

Amplified Bible
“Even though you offer Me your burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept them; And I will not even look at the peace offerings of your fattened animals.

Christian Standard Bible
Even if you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; I will have no regard for your fellowship offerings of fattened cattle.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Even if you offer Me your burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; I will have no regard for your fellowship offerings of fattened cattle.

American Standard Version
Yea, though ye offer me your burnt-offerings and meal-offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fat beasts.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Even if burning peace offering will go up to me with your offerings, I shall not be pleased, and on the best of your fattened beasts I will not look

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Wherefore if ye should bring me your whole-burnt-sacrifices and meat-offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I have respect to your grand peace-offerings.

Contemporary English Version
I won't accept your offerings or animal sacrifices--not even your very best.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And if you offer me holocausts, and your gifts, I will not receive them: neither will I regard the vows of your fat beasts.

English Revised Version
Yea, though ye offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Even though you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I won't accept them. I won't even look at the fellowship offerings of your choicest animals.

Good News Translation
When you bring me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; I will not accept the animals you have fattened to bring me as offerings.

International Standard Version
And if you send up burnt offerings to me as well as your grain offerings, I will not accept them, nor will I consider your peace offerings of fattened cattle.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Yea, though ye offer me burnt-offerings and your meal-offerings, I will not accept them; Neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fat beasts.

Literal Standard Version
For though you cause burnt-offerings and your presents to ascend to Me, | I am not pleased, | And I do not behold the peace-offering of your fatlings.

Majority Standard Bible
Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard.

New American Bible
Even though you bring me your burnt offerings and grain offerings I will not accept them; Your stall-fed communion offerings, I will not look upon them.

NET Bible
Even if you offer me burnt and grain offerings, I will not be satisfied; I will not look with favor on your peace offerings of fattened calves.

New Revised Standard Version
Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; and the offerings of well-being of your fatted animals I will not look upon.

New Heart English Bible
Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals.

Webster's Bible Translation
Though ye offer me burnt-offerings and your meat-offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fat beasts.

World English Bible
Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat animals.

Young's Literal Translation
For though ye cause burnt-offerings and your presents to ascend to Me, I am not pleased, And the peace-offering of your fatlings I behold not.

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Context
The Day of the LORD
21“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies. 22Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard. 23Take away from Me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.…

Cross References
Leviticus 7:11
Now this is the law of the peace offering that one may present to the LORD:

Psalm 40:6
Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.

Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable--how much more so when brought with ill intent!

Isaiah 1:11
"What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?" says the LORD. "I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.

Isaiah 66:3
Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog's neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig's blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.

Jeremiah 6:20
What 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."

Jeremiah 7:21
This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Add your burnt offerings to your other sacrifices and eat the meat yourselves!


Treasury of Scripture

Though you offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts.

offer.

Psalm 50:8-13
I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me…

Isaiah 66:3
He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations.

Micah 6:6,7
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? …

peace offerings.

Amos 4:4,5
Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years: …

Leviticus 7:12-15
If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried…

Psalm 50:14,23
Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: …

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Accept Animals Ascend Beasts Burnt Burnt-Offerings Cause Cereal Choice Fat Fatlings Fatted Fellowship Grain Meal Meal-Offerings Meat Meat-Offerings Oblations Offer Offerings Peace Peace-Offering Peace-Offerings Pleased Pleasure Presents Regard
Amos 5
1. A lamentation for Israel.
4. An exhortation to repentance.
21. God rejects their hypocritical service.














Verse 22. - They maintained the formal ritual of the Mosaic worship in their idolatry. The various offerings are here enumerated. Burnt offerings; ὁλοκαυτώματα (Exodus 29:38, 42; Numbers 28:9-11). Meat offerings; θυσίας (Septuagint); munera (Vulgate); Exodus 29:40, 41; Leviticus 2:1. Peace offerings of your fat beasts; σωτηρίους ἐπιφανείας, "your grand peace offerings" (Septuagint); vota pinguium vestrorum (Vulgate); Leviticus 3:1, etc.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Even
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

though
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

you offer
תַּעֲלוּ־ (ta·‘ă·lū-)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

Me
לִ֥י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

burnt offerings
עֹל֛וֹת (‘ō·lō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 5930: Whole burnt offering

and grain offerings,
וּמִנְחֹתֵיכֶ֖ם (ū·min·ḥō·ṯê·ḵem)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 4503: A donation, tribute, a sacrificial offering

I will not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

accept them;
אֶרְצֶ֑ה (’er·ṣeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7521: To be pleased with, to satisfy a, debt

for your peace offerings
וְשֶׁ֥לֶם (wə·še·lem)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8002: A sacrifice for alliance or friendship, peace offering

of fattened cattle,
מְרִיאֵיכֶ֖ם (mə·rî·’ê·ḵem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 4806: A fatling, fatlings

I will have no
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

regard.
אַבִּֽיט׃ (’ab·bîṭ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5027: To scan, look intently at, to regard


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