Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Interlinear
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Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 64:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer For Mercy
8 But now, O Lord, you are our father; we are the earth, and you are our maker; and we are all the work of your hand. 9 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. 10 Your holy towns have become a waste, Zion has become a waste, Jerusalem is a mass of broken walls.
Cross References
Psalm 74:1-2
Of God, why have you put us away from you for ever? why is the fire of your wrath smoking against the sheep who are your care?
Psalm 6:1
O Lord, do not be bitter with me in your wrath; do not send punishment on me in the heat of your passion.
Psalm 38:1
O Lord, be not bitter with me in your wrath; let not your hand be on me in the heat of your passion.
Psalm 119:94
I am yours, O be my saviour; for my desire has been for your rules.
Isaiah 43:25
I, even I, am he who takes away your sins; and I will no longer keep your evil doings in mind.
Isaiah 57:17
I was quickly angry with his evil ways, and sent punishment on him, veiling my face in wrath: and he went on, turning his heart from me.
Isaiah 60:10
And men from strange countries will be building up your walls, and their kings will be your servants: for in my wrath I sent punishment on you, but in my grace I have had mercy on you.
Isaiah 63:19
We have become as those who were never ruled by you, on whom your name was not named.
Jeremiah 3:12
Go, and give out these words to the north, and say, Come back, O Israel, though you have been turned away from me, says the Lord; my face will not be against you in wrath: for I am full of mercy, says the Lord, I will not be angry for ever.
Jeremiah 10:24
O Lord, put me right, but with wise purpose; not in your wrath, or you will make me small.
Lamentations 5:20
Why have we gone from your memory for ever? why have you been turned away from us for so long?
Micah 7:18-20
Who is a God like you, offering forgiveness for evil-doing and overlooking the sins of the rest of his heritage? he does not keep his wrath for ever, because his delight is in mercy.
Habakkuk 3:2
O Lord, word of you has come to my ears; I have seen your work, O Lord; when the years come near make it clear; in wrath keep mercy in mind.
Malachi 1:4
Though Edom says, We are crushed down but we will come back, building up the waste places; this is what the Lord of armies has said: They may put up buildings, but I will have them pulled down; and they will be named The land of evil-doing, and The people against whom the Lord keeps his wrath for ever.
2 Peter 2:17
These are fountains without water, and mists before a driving storm; for whom the eternal night is kept in store.
Revelation 20:10
And the Evil One who put them in error was sent down into the sea of ever-burning fire, where the beast and the false prophet are, and their punishment will go on day and night for ever and ever.