Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
He will not contend forever; he will not keep forever.
New American Standard Bible
Nor will He
King James Version
He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
Holman Bible
or be angry forever.
International Standard Version
He does not maintain a dispute continuously or remain angry for all time.
A Conservative Version
He will not always chide, nor will he keep [it] forever.
American Standard Version
He will not always chide; Neither will he keep his anger for ever.
Amplified
He will not always strive with us,
Nor will He keep His anger forever.
Bible in Basic English
His feeling will no longer be bitter; he will not keep his wrath for ever.
Darby Translation
He will not always chide, neither will he keep his anger for ever.
King James 2000
He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger forever.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He does not dispute continually, nor keep [his anger] forever.
Modern King James verseion
He will not always chasten, nor will He keep His anger forever.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
He will not alwayS be chiding, neither keepeth he his anger forever.
NET Bible
He does not always accuse, and does not stay angry.
New Heart English Bible
He will not always accuse; neither will he stay angry forever.
The Emphasized Bible
Not perpetually, will he contend, Nor age-abidingly, retain anger;
Webster
He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever.
World English Bible
He will not always accuse; neither will he stay angry forever.
Youngs Literal Translation
Not for ever doth He strive, Nor to the age doth He watch.
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 103:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Forgiving God
8 Jehovah being compassionate and merciful, slow to anger and great of mercy. 9 He will not contend forever; he will not keep forever. 10 He did not to us according to our sins, and he did not recompense upon us according to our iniquities.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 30:5
For a moment in his anger; life in his acceptance: weeping shall lodge in the evening, and rejoicing for the morning.
Isaiah 57:16
For not forever will I contend, and not to everlasting will I be angry: for the spirit will faint from before me, and the lives I made.
Jeremiah 3:5
Will he guard forever? if he will watch to the end? Behold, I spake, and wilt thou do evil, and shalt thou be able?
Jeremiah 3:12
Go and call these words to the north, and say, Turn back, O Israel, turning away, says Jehovah; I will not cause my face to fall upon you: for I am merciful, says Jehovah, I will not guard forever.
Micah 7:18-19
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.