Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
Be not wroth very sore, O Jehovah, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, look, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
New American Standard Bible
Behold, look now, all of us are
King James Version
Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
Holman Bible
or remember our iniquity forever.
Please look—all of us are Your people!
International Standard Version
Don't be angry beyond measure, LORD, and don't remember our iniquity for a season. Please look now, we are all your people.
A Conservative Version
Be not angry very severely, O LORD, nor remember iniquity forever. Behold, look, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
Amplified
Do not be angry beyond measure, O Lord,
Do not remember our wickedness [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing] forever.
Now look, consider, for we are all Your people.
Bible in Basic English
Be not very angry, O Lord, and do not keep our sins in mind for ever: give ear to our prayer, for we are all your people.
Darby Translation
Be not wroth very sore, O Jehovah, neither remember iniquity for ever. Behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou wilt not be angry, O Jehovah, even greatly, and not forever wilt thou remember iniquity: behold, look now, Ye are all thy people.
King James 2000
Be not exceedingly angry, O LORD, neither remember iniquity forever: behold, see, we beseech you, we are all your people.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You must not be exceedingly angry, Yahweh, and you must not remember iniquity forever! Look! Behold, now! We all [are] your people!
Modern King James verseion
Do not be grievously angry, O Jehovah, nor remember iniquity forever. Behold! Look, please; all of us are Your people.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Be not too sore displeased, O LORD, and keep not our offenses too long in thy remembrance: but consider that we all are thy people.
NET Bible
Lord, do not be too angry! Do not hold our sins against us continually! Take a good look at your people, at all of us!
New Heart English Bible
Do not be furious, LORD, neither remember iniquity forever: see, look, we beg you, we are all your people.
The Emphasized Bible
Do not be indignant, O Yahweh so very greatly, Neither perpetually, do thou recall iniquity, - Lo! look around, we pray thee -- thy people, are, we all.
Webster
Be not very wroth, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
World English Bible
Don't be furious, Yahweh, neither remember iniquity forever: see, look, we beg you, we are all your people.
Youngs Literal Translation
Be not wroth, O Jehovah, very sore, Nor for ever remember iniquity, Lo, look attentively, we beseech Thee, Thy people are we all.
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 64:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Mercy
8 But now, O Jehovah, thou art our Father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. 9 Be not wroth very sore, O Jehovah, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, look, we beseech thee, we are all thy people. 10 Thy holy cities are become a wilderness, Zion is become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
Cross References
Psalm 74:1-2
O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
Psalm 79:13
So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture Will give thee thanks for ever: We will show forth thy praise to all generations.
Psalm 6:1
O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thine anger, Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Psalm 38:1
O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Psalm 79:5-9
How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
Psalm 119:94
I am thine, save me; For I have sought thy precepts.
Isaiah 43:25
I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake; and I will not remember thy sins.
Isaiah 57:17
For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him; I hid my face and was wroth; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.
Isaiah 60:10
And foreigners shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favor have I had mercy on thee.
Isaiah 63:19
We are become as they over whom thou never barest rule, as they that were not called by thy name.
Jeremiah 3:12
Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith Jehovah; I will not look in anger upon you; for I am merciful, saith Jehovah, I will not keep anger for ever.
Jeremiah 10:24
O Jehovah, correct me, but in measure: not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
Lamentations 5:20
Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, And forsake us so long time?
Micah 7:18-20
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in lovingkindness.
Habakkuk 3:2
O Jehovah, I have heard the report of thee, and am afraid: O Jehovah, revive thy work in the midst of the years; In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy.
Malachi 1:4
Whereas Edom saith, We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places; thus saith Jehovah of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and men shall call them The border of wickedness, and The people against whom Jehovah hath indignation for ever.
2 Peter 2:17
These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved.
Revelation 20:10
And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are also the beast and the false prophet; and they shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.