Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou shalt keep thy trust with Jacob, and thy mercy for Abraham, like as thou hast sworn unto our fathers long ago.
New American Standard Bible
And
Which You
From the days of old.
King James Version
Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
Holman Bible
and faithful love to Abraham,
as You swore to our fathers
from days long ago.
International Standard Version
You will remain true to Jacob, and merciful to Abraham, as you promised our ancestors long ago.
A Conservative Version
Thou will perform the truth to Jacob, [and] the loving kindness to Abraham, which thou have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
American Standard Version
Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the lovingkindness to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
Amplified
You shall give truth to Jacob
And lovingkindness and mercy to Abraham,
As You have sworn to our forefathers
From the days of old.
Bible in Basic English
You will make clear your good faith to Jacob and your mercy to Abraham, as you gave your oath to our fathers from times long past.
Darby Translation
Thou wilt perform truth to Jacob, loving-kindness to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers, from the days of old.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou wilt give truth to Jacob, mercy to Abraham, which thou didst swear to our fathers from the days of old.
King James 2000
You will show truth to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, which you have sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You will show faithfulness to Jacob, and loyal love to Abraham, as you have sworn to our ancestors from the days of old.
Modern King James verseion
You will give faithfulness to Jacob, mercy to Abraham, which You have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
NET Bible
You will be loyal to Jacob and extend your loyal love to Abraham, which you promised on oath to our ancestors in ancient times.
New Heart English Bible
You will give truth to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
The Emphasized Bible
Thou wilt grant - the faithfulness to Jacob, the lovingkindness to Abraham, - which thou didst swear to our fathers, from the days of ancient time.
Webster
Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
World English Bible
You will give truth to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
Youngs Literal Translation
Thou givest truth to Jacob, kindness to Abraham, That thou hast sworn to our fathers, from the days of antiquity!
Themes
Compassion » The lord being compassionate
Covenant » Of God with men » God faithful to
God, Faithfulness of » Manifested » In fulfilling his promises
Forgetting » What the lord will forget
God's Mercy » Described as » Sure
Transgression » The lord purging transgressions
Truth » Of God » Exhibited in his » Fulfillment of his covenant
the Truth of God » Exhibited in his » Fulfilment of his covenant
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Micah 7:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
God's Steadfast Love And Compassion
19 He shall turn again, and be merciful to us: he shall put down our wickednesses, and cast all our sins into the bottom of the sea. 20 Thou shalt keep thy trust with Jacob, and thy mercy for Abraham, like as thou hast sworn unto our fathers long ago.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 12:2-3
And I will make of thee a mighty people, and will bless thee, and make thy name great, that thou mayst be a blessing.
Genesis 17:7-8
Moreover, I will make my covenant between me, and thee, and thy seed after thee; in their times to be an everlasting testament, so that I will be God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Genesis 22:16-18
saying, "By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, because thou hast done this thing and hast not spared thy only son,
Genesis 26:3-4
Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee: for unto thee and unto thy seed I will give all these countries. And I will perform the oath which I swore unto Abraham thy father,
Genesis 28:13-14
Yea, and the LORD stood upon it and said, "I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father and the God of Isaac: The land which thou sleepest upon will I give thee and thy seed.
Deuteronomy 7:8
But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, therefore he brought you out of Egypt with a mighty hand and delivered you out of the house of bondage; even from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Psalm 105:8-10
He is always mindful of his covenant and promise, that he made to a thousand generations,
Jeremiah 33:25-26
Therefore thus sayeth the LORD: If I have made no covenant with day and night, and given no statute unto heaven and earth;
Luke 1:54-55
He remembereth mercy: and helpeth his servant Israel.
Luke 1:72-74
To fulfill the mercy promised to our fathers; And to remember his holy covenant;
Acts 3:25-26
Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant, which God hath made unto our fathers, saying to Abraham, 'Even in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.'
Romans 11:26-31
And so all Israel shall be saved. As it is written, "There shall come out of Zion he that doth deliver, and shall turn away the ungodliness of Jacob.
Hebrews 6:13-18
For when God made promise to Abraham, because he had no greater thing to swear by, he sware by himself,