Parallel Verses
King James 2000
Be not exceedingly angry, O LORD, neither remember iniquity forever: behold, see, we beseech you, 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.
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.
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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References
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 clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand. 9 Be not exceedingly angry, O LORD, neither remember iniquity forever: behold, see, we beseech you, we are all your people. 10 Your holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
Cross References
Psalm 74:1-2
[A maschil of Asaph.] O God, why have you cast us off forever? why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?
Psalm 79:13
So we your people and sheep of your pasture will give you thanks forever: we will show forth your praise to all generations.
Psalm 6:1
[To the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith. A Psalm of David.] O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
Psalm 38:1
[A Psalm of David. To bring to remembrance.] O LORD, rebuke me not in your wrath: neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
Psalm 79:5-9
How long, LORD? will you be angry forever? shall your jealousy burn like fire?
Psalm 119:94
I am yours, save me; for I have sought your precepts.
Isaiah 43:25
I, even I, am he that blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and will not remember your sins.
Isaiah 57:17
For the iniquity of his covetousness was I angry, and struck him: I hid myself, and was angry, and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.
Isaiah 60:10
And the sons of foreigners shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister unto you: for in my wrath I struck you, but in my favor have I had mercy on you.
Isaiah 63:19
We are yours: you never bore rule over them; they were not called by your name.
Jeremiah 3:12
Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, you backsliding Israel, says the LORD; and I will not cause my anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, says the LORD, and I will not keep anger forever.
Jeremiah 10:24
O LORD, correct me, but with justice; not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.
Lamentations 5:20
Why do you forget us forever, and forsake us for so long a time?
Micah 7:18-20
Who is a God like unto you, who pardons iniquity, and passes by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retains not his anger forever, because he delights in mercy.
Habakkuk 3:2
O LORD, I have heard your speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive your work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy.
Malachi 1:4
If Edom says, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus says the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD has indignation forever.
2 Peter 2:17
These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved forever.
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 shall be tormented day and night forever and ever.