Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Do not be angry beyond measure, O Lord,
Nor remember iniquity forever;
Behold, look now, all of us are Your people.

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

Lord, do not be terribly angry
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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Be not wroth
קצף 
Qatsaph 
Usage: 34

O Lord

Usage: 0

עוון עון 
`avon 
Usage: 230

נבט 
Nabat 
Usage: 69

References

Context Readings

Prayer For Mercy

8 But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; such that we all are the work of thy hands. 9 Do not be angry beyond measure, O Lord,
Nor remember iniquity forever;
Behold, look now, all of us are Your people.
10 Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.

Cross References

Psalm 74:1-2

O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why does 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: from generation to generation we will sing thy praises.

Psalm 6:1

O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

Psalm 38:1

O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

Psalm 79:5-9

How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

Psalm 119:94

I am thine, keep me; for I have sought thy precepts.

Isaiah 43:25

I, even I, am he that uproots thy rebellions for mine own sake and will not remember thy sins.

Isaiah 57:17

For the iniquity of his covetousness I was wroth and smote him: I hid my face and was wroth, and he went on rebelliously in the way of his heart.

Isaiah 60:10

And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall serve thee; for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my good favour I shall have mercy on thee.

Isaiah 63:19

We have been like those over whom thou didst never rule, who were never called by thy name.

Jeremiah 3:12

Go and proclaim these words toward the north wind and say, Return, thou rebellious Israel, said the LORD and I will not cause my anger to fall upon you; for I am merciful, said the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.

Jeremiah 10:24

O LORD, chastise me, but with judgment; not with thine anger lest thou bring me to nothing.

Lamentations 5:20

Why should thou forget us for ever and forsake us for such a long time?

Micah 7:18-20

Who is a God like unto thee that pardons iniquity, and passes over the rebellion with the remnant of his heritage? He did not retain his anger for ever because he delights in mercy.

Habakkuk 3:2

O LORD, I have heard thy word and was afraid; O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the times; in the midst of the times make it known; in wrath remember mercy.

Malachi 1:4

When Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus hath the LORD of the hosts said, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The province of wickedness and The people against whom the LORD has indignation for ever.

2 Peter 2:17

These are wells without water, clouds that are brought by a whirlwind, to whom gross darkness is reserved for ever.

Revelation 20:10

And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and they shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

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