ASV: For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.
BBE: Because my desire is for mercy and not offerings; for the knowledge of God more than for burned offerings.
DBY: For I delight in loving-kindness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.
KJV: For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
JPS: For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt-offerings.
WBS: For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.
WEB: For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
YLT: For kindness I desired, and not sacrifice, And a knowledge of God above burnt-offerings.
