New American Standard Bible 1995

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Jeremiah

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"For what purpose does frankincense come to Me from Sheba And the sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable And your sacrifices are not pleasing to Me."

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
"For what what? how? anything Pronoun H4100 לָמָּה־ lam·mah-
purpose this, here Pronoun H2088 זֶּ֨ה zeh
does frankincense frankincense Noun H3828 לְבֹונָה֙ le·vo·v·nah
come to come in, come, go in, go Verb H935 תָבֹ֔וא ta·vo·v,
to Me from Sheba a territory in S.W. Arabia, also the name of one or more desc. of Noah Noun H7614 מִשְּׁבָ֣א mi·she·va
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And the sweet pleasant, agreeable, good Adjective H2896 הַטֹּ֖וב hat·to·vv
cane a stalk, reed Noun H7070 וְקָנֶ֥ה ve·ka·neh
from a distant distant place, distance Noun H4801 מֶרְחָ֑ק mer·chak;
land? earth, land Noun H776 מֵאֶ֣רֶץ me·'e·retz
Your burnt offerings whole burnt offering Noun H5930 עֹלֹֽותֵיכֶם֙ o·lo·v·tei·chem
are not acceptable goodwill, favor, acceptance, will Noun H7522 לְרָצֹ֔ון le·ra·tzo·vn,
And your sacrifices a sacrifice Noun H2077 וְזִבְחֵיכֶ֖ם ve·ziv·chei·chem
are not pleasing to be sweet or pleasing Verb H6149 עָ֥רְבוּ a·re·vu
to Me."      

Locations

Sheba

SHEBA (1)she'-ba (shebha'; Saba):(1) Sheba and Dedan are the two sons of Raamah son of Cush (Genesis 10:7).(2) Sheba and Dedan are the two sons of Jokshan the son of Abraham and Keturah (Genesis 25:3).(3) Sheba is a son of Joktan son of Eber who was a descendant of Shem (Genesis 10:28).From the above statements it would appear that Sheba was the name of an A... View Details

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New American Standard Bible 1995 "For what purpose does frankincense come to Me from Sheba And the sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable And your sacrifices are not pleasing to Me."
King James Bible "For To what purpose does frankincense come cometh there to Me me incense from Sheba And Sheba, and the sweet cane from a distant land? Your far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable And acceptable, nor your sacrifices are not pleasing to Me."sweet unto me.
Hebrew Greek English "For what purpose does frankincense come to Me from Sheba And the sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable And your sacrifices are not pleasing to Me."