Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

The LORD is compassionate and gracious, patient, and abundantly rich in gracious love.

New American Standard Bible

The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.

King James Version

The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

Holman Bible

The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger and rich in faithful love.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

Jehovah is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness.

Amplified


The Lord is merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger and abounding in compassion and lovingkindness.

Bible in Basic English

The Lord is kind and full of pity, not quickly made angry, but ever ready to have mercy.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

Jehovah being compassionate and merciful, slow to anger and great of mercy.

King James 2000

The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in mercy.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Yahweh [is] compassionate and gracious, {slow to anger} and abundant in loyal love.

Modern King James verseion

Jehovah is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and rich in mercy.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The LORD is full of compassion and mercy; longsuffering, and of great goodness.

NET Bible

The Lord is compassionate and merciful; he is patient and demonstrates great loyal love.

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

Compassionate and gracious, is Yahweh, - Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness.

Webster

The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in mercy.

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

Merciful and gracious is Jehovah, Slow to anger, and abundant in mercy.

Devotionals

Devotionals about Psalm 103:8

Images Psalm 103:8

Prayers for Psalm 103:8

Context Readings

The Forgiving God

7 He revealed his plans to Moses and his deeds to the people of Israel. 8 The LORD is compassionate and gracious, patient, and abundantly rich in gracious love. 9 He does not maintain a dispute continuously or remain angry for all time.


Cross References

Psalm 86:15

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

Exodus 34:6-7

The LORD passed in front of him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and filled with gracious love and truth.

Numbers 14:18

"The LORD is slow to anger and abundant in faithful love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he won't acquit the guilty. He recalls the iniquity of fathers to the third and fourth generation.'

Nehemiah 9:17

They would not listen, and did not remember the miracles you did among them. Instead, they became stubborn and appointed a leader to return them to their slavery. "But you are a God of forgiveness, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, and rich in gracious love; therefore you did not abandon them.

Psalm 145:8

Gracious and merciful is the LORD, slow to become angry, and overflowing with gracious love.

Joel 2:13

Tear your hearts, not your garments; and turn back to the LORD your God. For he is gracious and compassionate, slow to become angry, overflowing in gracious love, and grieves about this evil.

Jonah 4:2

So he prayed to the LORD, "LORD, isn't this what I said while I was still in my home country? That's why I fled previously to Tarshish, because I knew you're a compassionate God, slow to anger, overflowing with gracious love, and reluctant to send trouble.

Nahum 1:3

The LORD is slow to anger and powerful, and he will never let the guilty go unpunished. The LORD's path is in the windstorm and hurricane; thunderclouds are dust beneath his feet.

Psalm 86:5

Indeed you, Lord, are kind and forgiving, overflowing with gracious love to everyone who calls on you.

Psalm 130:7

Israel, hope in the LORD! For with the LORD there is gracious love, along with abundant redemption.

Isaiah 55:7

Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous person his thoughts. Let him return to the LORD, So he'll have mercy upon him, and to our God, for he'll pardon abundantly.

Jeremiah 32:18

You, the great God, the mighty one, show gracious love to thousands and repay the parents' iniquity to their children after them. The LORD of the Heavenly Armies is his name.

Romans 5:20-21

Now the Law crept in so that the offense would increase. But where sin increased, grace increased even more,

Ephesians 1:7-8

In union with him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our offenses, according to the riches of God's grace

James 5:11

We consider those who endured to be blessed. You have heard about Job's endurance and have seen the purpose of the Lord that the Lord is compassionate and merciful.

Deuteronomy 5:10

but showing gracious love to the thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

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