Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
And passes over the rebellious act of the
He does not
Because He
King James Version
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
Holman Bible
removing iniquity and passing over rebellion
for the remnant of His inheritance?
He does not hold on to His anger forever,
because He delights in faithful love.
International Standard Version
Is there any God like you, forgiving iniquity, passing over transgressions by the survivors who are your heritage? He is not angry forever, because he delights in gracious love.
A Conservative Version
Who is a God like to thee, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
Who is a God like You, who forgives wickedness
And passes over the rebellious acts of the remnant of His possession?
He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He [constantly] delights in mercy and lovingkindness.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
Who is a God like unto thee, that forgiveth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in loving-kindness.
Julia Smith Translation
Who is God as thee, lifting up iniquity and passing by transgression to the remnant of his inheritance? he held not his anger forever for he delighted in mercy.
King James 2000
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.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Who [is] a God like you, forgiving sin and passing over rebellion for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, for he delights in loyal love.
Modern King James verseion
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes by the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not keep His anger forever, because He delights in mercy.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Where is there such a God as thou? That pardonest wickedness, and forgivest the offenses of the remnant of thine heritage? He keepeth not his wrath for ever. And why? His delight is to have compassion.
NET Bible
There is no other God like you! You forgive sin and pardon the rebellion of those who remain among your people. You do not remain angry forever, but delight in showing loyal love.
New Heart English Bible
Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn't retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness.
The Emphasized Bible
Who is a GOD like unto thee, taking away the iniquity - and passing over the transgression - of the remnant of his inheritance? He hath not held fast, perpetually, his anger, for, one who delighteth in lovingkindness, is he!
Webster
Who is a God like to thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
World English Bible
Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn't retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness.
Youngs Literal Translation
Who is a God like Thee? taking away iniquity, And passing by the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance, He hath not retained for ever His anger, Because He -- He delighteth in kindness.
Themes
Compassion » The lord being compassionate
Consolation under Affliction » To those who mourn for sin
Delight » What the lord delights in
Forgetting » What the lord will forget
God » To believers » To the penitent
God's Promises » Of mercy » Of pardon
God's Promises » To the overcomers » To the penitent
Pardon » Exhibits the » Compassion of God
Sinners » Pardon of » Promised
Transgression » The lord purging transgressions
Unity of God » Exhibited in » His being the only source of pardon
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Micah 7:18
Prayers for Micah 7:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Steadfast Love And Compassion
17
They shall lick the dust like a serpent; as the serpents of the earth, they shall tremble in their holes; they shall be filled with fear of the LORD our God and shall also fear thee.
18
And passes over the rebellious act of the
He does not
Because He
Cross References
Isaiah 43:25
I, even I, am he that uproots thy rebellions for mine own sake and will not remember thy sins.
Jeremiah 32:41
And, I will rejoice with them doing them good, and I will plant them in this land with truth, with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
Micah 2:12
I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah as the flock in the midst of their fold; they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men.
Exodus 15:11
Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like thee, magnificent in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
Jeremiah 50:20
In those days, and in that time, said the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon those whom I shall have left.
Micah 4:7
and I will make her that is lame to be heirs, and her that was cast off a strong nation, and the LORD shall reign over them in the mount of Zion from now, and for evermore.
Micah 5:7-8
And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples as the dew of the LORD, as the rains upon the grass, which did not expect a man, nor did they expect the sons of men.
Exodus 33:18-19
Then he said, I beseech thee, show me thy glory.
Exodus 34:6-7
And as the LORD passed by before him, he proclaimed, I AM, I AM strong, merciful, and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in mercy and truth,
Exodus 34:9
And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us, for this is a stiffnecked people, and forgive our iniquity and our sin and possess us.
Numbers 14:18-19
The LORD is longsuffering and of great mercy, letting go of iniquity and transgression and absolving, but by no means absolving the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons unto the third and fourth generations.
Numbers 23:21
He has not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither has he seen rebellion in Israel; the LORD his God is with him, and the battle-cry of a king is in him.
Deuteronomy 33:26
There is no other like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rides upon the heavens for thy help, in the clouds with his excellency.
1 Kings 8:23
he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in the heavens above or on earth beneath, who keeps the covenant and mercy with thy slaves that walk before thee with all their heart,
Nehemiah 9:17
and refused to hear; neither did they remember thy wonders that thou hadst done among them, but hardened their necks and in their rebellion thought to appoint a leader to return to their bondage; but thou art a God of pardons, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great mercy, for thou didst not leave them.
Psalm 35:10
All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, who delivers the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoils him?
Psalm 65:3
Words of iniquity overwhelmed me, but thou shalt purge away our rebellion.
Psalm 71:19
and thy righteousness, O God, unto excellence because thou hast done great things; O God, who is like unto thee!
Psalm 77:6-10
I call to remembrance my songs of the night; I commune with my own heart, and my spirit made diligent search.
Psalm 85:4-5
Turn us, O God our saving health and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
Psalm 86:5
For thou, Lord, art good and ready to forgive and plenteous in mercy unto all those that call upon thee.
Psalm 86:15
But thou, O Lord, art a merciful and gracious God, longsuffering and plenteous in mercy and truth.
Psalm 89:6
For who in the heavens can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
Psalm 89:8
O LORD God of the hosts, who is like unto thee? Strong JAH, compassed about with thy truth.
Psalm 103:2-3
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
Psalm 103:8-9
The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
Psalm 103:13
Like as a father has mercy upon his children, so the LORD has mercy upon those that fear him.
Psalm 113:5-6
Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwells on high,
Psalm 130:4
Therefore there is forgiveness close to thee, that thou may be feared.
Psalm 130:7-8
Let Israel wait for the LORD; for with the LORD there is mercy and plenteous redemption close to him.
Isaiah 1:18
Then come, shall the LORD say, and we shall be even; if your sins were as scarlet, they shall be made as white as snow; if they were red like crimson, they shall become as wool.
Isaiah 40:18
To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
Isaiah 40:25
To whom then will ye liken me, or what shall ye compare me to? saith the Holy One.
Isaiah 44:22
I have undone, as a cloud, thy rebellions, and thy sins, as a mist, return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.
Isaiah 46:8-9
Remember this, and be ashamed, bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors.
Isaiah 55:7
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Isaiah 57:10
Thou became wearied in the multitude of thy ways; yet thou didst not say, There is no remedy: thou hast found that which thou wast searching for; therefore thou repented not.
Isaiah 57:16
For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for by me is the spirit covered by the body, and I have made the souls.
Isaiah 62:5
For as a young man marries a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee; and as the bridegroom rejoices with the bride, so shall thy God rejoice with thee.
Isaiah 65:19
And I will be glad with Jerusalem and rejoice with my people: and the voice of weeping shall no longer be heard in her, nor the voice of crying.
Jeremiah 3:5
Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done as many evil things as thou could.
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 31:34
And they shall no longer teach every man his neighbour and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD, for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, said the LORD, for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Jeremiah 38:8
Ebedmelech went forth out of the king's house and spoke to the king, saying,
Lamentations 3:31-32
Caph For the Lord will not cast off for ever:
Ezekiel 33:11
Say unto them, As I live, said the Lord GOD, I do not desire the death of the wicked but that the wicked turn from his way and that he live; turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
Daniel 9:9
Of the Lord our God is the ability to have mercy and to forgive, even though we have rebelled against him
Joel 2:32
And it shall come to pass that whoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall escape: for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be salvation, as the LORD has said, and in those who are left, to whom the LORD shall have called.
Amos 7:8
And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the Lord, Behold, I set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass over them any more:
Amos 8:2
And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass over them any more.
Jonah 4:2
And he prayed unto the LORD and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was this not what I said when I was yet in my country? Therefore I hastened to flee unto Tarshish, for I knew that thou art a gracious God and full of compassion, slow to anger, and of great mercy, and dost repent when thou art come to take punishment.
Micah 5:3
Therefore he will give them up until the time that she who travails has brought forth; then the remnant of his brethren shall return with the sons of Israel.
Micah 7:14
Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell only in the mountain, in the midst of Carmel; let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the time of old.
Zephaniah 3:17
The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save; he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will joy over thee with singing.
Luke 15:5-7
And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
Luke 15:9-10
And when she has found it, she calls her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.
Luke 15:23-24
and bring here the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and be merry;
Luke 15:32
It was necessary that we should make merry and be glad, for this thy brother was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.
Luke 24:47
and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
Acts 13:38-39
Be it known unto you, therefore, men and brethren, that through this one is preached unto you the remission of sins;
Romans 11:4
But what did the answer of God say unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee before Baal.
Ephesians 2:4-5
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great charity with which he loved us,
Hebrews 8:9-12
not according to the testament that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not continue in my testament, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
James 2:13
For judgment without mercy shall be done unto the one that has shown no mercy; and mercy boasts against judgment.