Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

Gracious is Jehovah, and righteous; Yea, our God is merciful.

New American Standard Bible

Gracious is the Lord, and righteous;
Yes, our God is compassionate.

King James Version

Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.

Holman Bible

The Lord is gracious and righteous;
our God is compassionate.

International Standard Version

The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is compassionate;

A Conservative Version

Gracious is LORD, and righteous. Yea, our God is merciful.

Amplified


Gracious is the Lord, and [consistently] righteous;
Yes, our God is compassionate.

Bible in Basic English

The Lord is full of grace and righteousness; truly, he is a God of mercy.

Darby Translation

Gracious is Jehovah and righteous; and our God is merciful.

Julia Smith Translation

Jehovah is merciful and just, and our God compassionates

King James 2000

Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Gracious [is] Yahweh and righteous, and our God [is] merciful.

Modern King James verseion

Gracious is Jehovah, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Gracious is the LORD, and righteous, yea our God is merciful.

NET Bible

The Lord is merciful and fair; our God is compassionate.

New Heart English Bible

The LORD is Gracious and righteous. Yes, our God is merciful.

The Emphasized Bible

Gracious is Yahweh and righteous, and, our God, is full of compassion.

Webster

Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yes, our God is merciful.

World English Bible

Yahweh is Gracious and righteous. Yes, our God is merciful.

Youngs Literal Translation

Gracious is Jehovah, and righteous, Yea, our God is merciful,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
חנּוּן 
Channuwn 
Usage: 13

is the Lord

Usage: 0

and righteous
צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

אלהים 
'elohiym 
Usage: 2600

Context Readings

Thanksgiving For God's Deliverance

4 Then called I upon the name of Jehovah: O Jehovah, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. 5 Gracious is Jehovah, and righteous; Yea, our God is merciful. 6 Jehovah preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he saved me.

Cross References

Ezra 9:15

O Jehovah, the God of Israel, thou art righteous; for we are left a remnant that is escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our guiltiness; for none can stand before thee because of this.

Nehemiah 9:8

and foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it unto his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous.

Psalm 145:17

Jehovah is righteous in all his ways, And gracious in all his works.

Psalm 86:15

But thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.

Psalm 103:8

Jehovah is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness.

Psalm 119:137

TSADHE. Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, And upright are thy judgments.

Exodus 34:6-7

And Jehovah passed by before him, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth,

Daniel 9:7

O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of face, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.

Daniel 9:14

Therefore hath Jehovah watched over the evil, and brought it upon us; for Jehovah our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth, and we have not obeyed his voice.

Nehemiah 9:17

and refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and forsookest them not.

Nehemiah 9:31

Nevertheless in thy manifold mercies thou didst not make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.

Nehemiah 9:33

Howbeit thou art just in all that is come upon us; for thou hast dealt truly, but we have done wickedly;

Psalm 86:5

For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in lovingkindness unto all them that call upon thee.

Psalm 112:4

Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: He is gracious, and merciful, and righteous.

Psalm 115:1

Not unto us, O Jehovah, not unto us, But unto thy name give glory, For thy lovingkindness, and for thy truth's sake.

Psalm 145:4-8

One generation shall laud thy works to another, And shall declare thy mighty acts.

Isaiah 45:21

Declare ye, and bring it forth; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath showed this from ancient time? who hath declared it of old? have not I, Jehovah? and there is no God else besides me, a just God and a Saviour; there is none besides me.

Jeremiah 12:1

Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I contend with thee; yet would I reason the cause with thee: wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?

Daniel 9:9

To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness; for we have rebelled against him;

Romans 3:25-26

whom God set forth to be a propitiation, through faith, in his blood, to show his righteousness because of the passing over of the sins done aforetime, in the forbearance of God;

Romans 5:20-21

And the law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace did abound more exceedingly:

Ephesians 1:6-8

to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:

Ephesians 2:4

but God, being rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,

1 Timothy 1:14

and the grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

Titus 3:4-7

But when the kindness of God our Saviour, and his love toward man, appeared,

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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