King James Version

Amos 5:25

Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

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הַזְּבָחִ֨יםhazvachimthe sacrificeזֶבַחparticle, interrogative, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the sacrifice”, the ordinary formH2077properly, a slaughter, i.e. the flesh of an animal; by implication, a sacrifice (the victim or the act)offer(-ing), sacrifice.וּמִנְחָ֜הuminchahand offeringמִנְחָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “and offering”, the ordinary formH4503a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary)gift, oblation, (meat) offering, present, sacrifice.הִֽגַּשְׁתֶּםhigashtembringנָגַשׁverb, hiphil, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “bring”, a completed actionH5066to be or come (causatively, bring) near (for any purpose); euphemistically, to lie with a woman; as an enemy, to attack; religious to worship; causatively, to present; figuratively, to adduce an argument; by reversal, to stand back(make to) approach (nigh), bring (forth, hither, near), (cause to) come (hither, near, nigh), give place, go hard (up), (be, draw, go) near (nigh), offer, overtake, present, put, stand.לִ֧יlitoלִ֧יpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to”toבַמִּדְבָּ֛רvamidbarin desertמִדְבָּרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in desert”, the ordinary formH4057a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)desert, south, speech, wilderness.אַרְבָּעִ֥יםarbaimfortyאַרְבָּעִיםadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “forty”, the ordinary formH705forty-forty.שָׁנָ֖הshanahyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).בֵּ֥יתbeytfamilyבַּיִתnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…יִשְׂרָאֵֽלyisraelIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלnoun, proper name — “Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Did ye bring unto Me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

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American Standard Version (1901)

Did ye bring unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

Young’s Literal Translation

Sacrifices and offering did ye bring nigh to Me, In a wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

World English Bible

“Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, house of Israel?

Darby Translation

Did ye bring unto me sacrifices and oblations in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

Douay-Rheims

Did you offer victims and sacrifices to me in the desert for forty years, O house of Israel?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Did ye bring unto Me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Have ye offered to me victims and sacrifices, O house of Israel, forty years in the wilderness?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Μὴ σφάγια καὶ θυσίας προσηνέγκατέ μοι οἶκος Ἰσραὴλ τεσσαράκοντα ἔτη ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ;

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Acts 7:42 Acts 7:42 · King James VersionThen God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?Acts 7:42 · King James VersionOpen the Source
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Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?

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