Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Gracious is the Lord, and righteous;
Yes, our God is compassionate.

King James Version

Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.

Holman Bible

The Lord is gracious and righteous;
our God is compassionate.

International Standard Version

The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is compassionate;

A Conservative Version

Gracious is LORD, and righteous. Yea, our God is merciful.

American Standard Version

Gracious is Jehovah, and righteous; Yea, our God is merciful.

Amplified


Gracious is the Lord, and [consistently] righteous;
Yes, our God is compassionate.

Bible in Basic English

The Lord is full of grace and righteousness; truly, he is a God of mercy.

Darby Translation

Gracious is Jehovah and righteous; and our God is merciful.

Julia Smith Translation

Jehovah is merciful and just, and our God compassionates

King James 2000

Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Gracious [is] Yahweh and righteous, and our God [is] merciful.

Modern King James verseion

Gracious is Jehovah, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Gracious is the LORD, and righteous, yea our God is merciful.

NET Bible

The Lord is merciful and fair; our God is compassionate.

New Heart English Bible

The LORD is Gracious and righteous. Yes, our God is merciful.

The Emphasized Bible

Gracious is Yahweh and righteous, and, our God, is full of compassion.

Webster

Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yes, our God is merciful.

World English Bible

Yahweh is Gracious and righteous. Yes, our God is merciful.

Youngs Literal Translation

Gracious is Jehovah, and righteous, Yea, our God is merciful,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
חנּוּן 
Channuwn 
Usage: 13

is the Lord

Usage: 0

and righteous
צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

Context Readings

Thanksgiving For God's Deliverance

4 Then I called upon the name of the Lord:
“O Lord, I beseech You, save my life!”
5 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous;
Yes, our God is compassionate.
6 The Lord preserves the simple;
I was brought low, and He saved me.


Cross References

Ezra 9:15

O Lord God of Israel, You are righteous, for we have been left an escaped remnant, as it is this day; behold, we are before You in our guilt, for no one can stand before You because of this.”

Nehemiah 9:8

“You found his heart faithful before You,
And made a covenant with him
To give him the land of the Canaanite,
Of the Hittite and the Amorite,
Of the Perizzite, the Jebusite and the Girgashite—
To give it to his descendants.
And You have fulfilled Your promise,
For You are righteous.

Psalm 145:17

The Lord is righteous in all His ways
And kind in all His deeds.

Psalm 86:15

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

Psalm 103:8

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

Psalm 119:137

Tsadhe.
Righteous are You, O Lord,
And upright are Your judgments.

Exodus 34:6-7

Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth;

Daniel 9:7

Righteousness belongs to You, O Lord, but to us open shame, as it is this day—to the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, those who are nearby and those who are far away in all the countries to which You have driven them, because of their unfaithful deeds which they have committed against You.

Daniel 9:14

Therefore the Lord has kept the calamity in store and brought it on us; for the Lord our God is righteous with respect to all His deeds which He has done, but we have not obeyed His voice.

Nehemiah 9:17

“They refused to listen,
And did not remember Your wondrous deeds which You had performed among them;
So they became stubborn and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt.
But You are a God of forgiveness,
Gracious and compassionate,
Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness;
And You did not forsake them.

Nehemiah 9:31

“Nevertheless, in Your great compassion You did not make an end of them or forsake them,
For You are a gracious and compassionate God.

Nehemiah 9:33

“However, You are just in all that has come upon us;
For You have dealt faithfully, but we have acted wickedly.

Psalm 86:5

For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive,
And abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You.

Psalm 112:4

Light arises in the darkness for the upright;
He is gracious and compassionate and righteous.

Psalm 115:1

Not to us, O Lord, not to us,
But to Your name give glory
Because of Your lovingkindness, because of Your truth.

Psalm 145:4-8

One generation shall praise Your works to another,
And shall declare Your mighty acts.

Isaiah 45:21

Declare and set forth your case;
Indeed, let them consult together.
Who has announced this from of old?
Who has long since declared it?
Is it not I, the Lord?
And there is no other God besides Me,
A righteous God and a Savior;
There is none except Me.

Jeremiah 12:1

Righteous are You, O Lord, that I would plead my case with You;
Indeed I would discuss matters of justice with You:
Why has the way of the wicked prospered?
Why are all those who deal in treachery at ease?

Daniel 9:9

To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against Him;

Romans 3:25-26

whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed;

Romans 5:20-21

The Law came in so that the transgression would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more,

Ephesians 1:6-8

to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.

Ephesians 2:4

But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,

1 Timothy 1:14

and the grace of our Lord was more than abundant, with the faith and love which are found in Christ Jesus.

Titus 3:4-7

But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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