Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

But thou, O LORD, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.

New American Standard Bible

But You, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.

King James Version

But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.

Holman Bible

But You, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God,
slow to anger and rich in faithful love and truth.

International Standard Version

But you, Lord, are a compassionate God, merciful and patient, with unending gracious love and faithfulness.

American Standard Version

But thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.

Amplified


But You, O Lord, are a God [who protects and is] merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness and truth.

Darby Translation

But thou, Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth.

Julia Smith Translation

And thou, O Jehovah, art a God compassionate and merciful, and slow to anger and great of mercy and truth.

King James 2000

But you, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in mercy and truth.

Lexham Expanded Bible

But you, O Lord, [are] a compassionate and gracious God, {slow to anger} and abundant in loyal love and faithfulness.

Modern King James verseion

But You, O God, are God full of pity, and gracious, long-suffering, and rich in mercy and truth.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

But thou, O LORD God, art full of compassion and mercy, longsuffering, plenteous in goodness and truth.

NET Bible

But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and merciful God. You are patient and demonstrate great loyal love and faithfulness.

New Heart English Bible

But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.

The Emphasized Bible

But, thou, O My Lord, art, A God of compassion and favour, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness a faithfulness.

Webster

But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious; long-suffering, and abundant in mercy and truth.

World English Bible

But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.

Youngs Literal Translation

And Thou, O Lord, art God, merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth.

References

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Context Readings

Lament And Petition

14 O God, the proud have risen up against me, and a company of violent men have sought after my soul, and have not set thee before them. 15 But thou, O LORD, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth. 16 O turn to me, and have mercy upon me. Give thy strength to thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid.


Cross References

Nehemiah 9:17

and refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou did among them, but stiffened their neck. And in their rebellion they appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But thou are a God ready to pardon, gracious a

Numbers 14:18

LORD is slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and that will by no means clear [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons, upon the third and upon the fourth gene

Psalm 86:5

For thou, LORD, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in loving kindness to all those who call upon thee.

Psalm 103:8

LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.

Psalm 111:4

He has made his wonderful works to be remembered. LORD is gracious and merciful.

Joel 2:13

And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn to LORD your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents of the evil.

Exodus 31:6-7

And I, behold, I have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. And in the heart of all who are wise-hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee:

Psalm 85:10

Mercy and truth are met together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

Psalm 98:3

He has remembered his loving kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Psalm 130:4

But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou may be feared.

Psalm 130:7

O Israel, hope in LORD, for with LORD there is loving kindness, and with him is plentiful redemption.

Psalm 145:8

LORD is gracious, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving kindness.

Micah 7:18

Who is a God like to thee, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness.

John 1:17

Because the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth came to be through Jesus Christ.

Romans 5:20-21

And the law entered so that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace was more abundant,

Romans 15:8-9

And I say, Christ Jesus became a helper of men of circumcision, for the sake of God's truth (in order to confirm the promises of the fathers),

Ephesians 1:7

In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of transgressions, according to the wealth of his grace,

Ephesians 2:4-7

But God, being rich in mercy, through his great love that he loved us,

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