Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
For, as the height of the heavens is above the earth, His kindness hath been mighty over those fearing Him.
New American Standard Bible
So great is His lovingkindness toward those who
King James Version
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
Holman Bible
so great is His faithful love
toward those who fear Him.
International Standard Version
As high as heaven rises above earth, so his gracious love strengthens those who fear him.
A Conservative Version
For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.
American Standard Version
For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is his lovingkindness toward them that fear him.
Amplified
For as the heavens are high above the earth,
So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear and worship Him [with awe-filled respect and deepest reverence].
Bible in Basic English
For as the heaven is high over the earth, so great is his mercy to his worshippers.
Darby Translation
For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving-kindness toward them that fear him.
Julia Smith Translation
For as the height of the heavens above the earth, his mercy prevailed upon those fearing him.
King James 2000
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For as [the] heavens are high above the earth, [so] his loyal love prevails over those who fear him.
Modern King James verseion
For as the heavens are high above the earth, so is His mercy toward those who fear Him.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For look how high the heaven is in comparison of the earth; so great is his mercy also toward them that fear him.
NET Bible
For as the skies are high above the earth, so his loyal love towers over his faithful followers.
New Heart English Bible
For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.
The Emphasized Bible
For, as the heavens are exalted over the earth, His lovingkindness hath prevailed over them who revere him;
Webster
For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy towards them that fear him.
World English Bible
For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.
Themes
Godly Fear » Those who have » Receive mercy from God
Forgiveness » Examples of divine
Heaven/the heavens » What heaven is
Topics
References
American
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 103:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Forgiving God
10 Not according to our sins hath He done to us, Nor according to our iniquities Hath He conferred benefits upon us. 11 For, as the height of the heavens is above the earth, His kindness hath been mighty over those fearing Him. 12 As the distance of east from west He hath put far from us our transgressions.
Cross References
Psalm 36:5
O Jehovah, in the heavens is Thy kindness, Thy faithfulness is unto the clouds.
Psalm 57:10
For great unto the heavens is Thy kindness, And unto the clouds Thy truth.
Luke 1:50
And His kindness is to generations of generations, To those fearing Him,
Job 22:12
Is not God high in heaven? And see the summit of the stars, That they are high.
Psalm 89:2
For I said, 'To the age is kindness built, The heavens! Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness in them.'
Psalm 103:17
And the kindness of Jehovah Is from age even unto age on those fearing Him, And His righteousness to sons' sons,
Proverbs 25:3
The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, And the heart of kings -- are unsearchable.
Isaiah 55:9
For high have the heavens been above the earth, So high have been My ways above your ways, And My thoughts above your thoughts.
Ephesians 2:4-7
and God, being rich in kindness, because of His great love with which He loved us,
Ephesians 3:18-19
that ye may be in strength to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height,