Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Iniquities prevail against me;
As for our transgressions, You forgive them.

King James Version

Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.

Holman Bible

Iniquities overwhelm me;
only You can atone for our rebellions.

International Standard Version

My acts of iniquity they overwhelm me! Our transgressions you blot them out!

A Conservative Version

Iniquities prevail against me. As for our transgressions, thou will forgive them.

American Standard Version

Iniquities prevail against me: As for our transgressions, thou wilt forgive them.

Amplified


Wickedness and guilt prevail against me;
Yet as for our transgressions,
You forgive them [removing them from Your sight].

Bible in Basic English

Evils have overcome us: but as for our sins, you will take them away.

Darby Translation

Iniquities have prevailed against me: our transgressions, thou wilt forgive them.

Julia Smith Translation

The words of iniquities were strong above me: our transgressions thou wilt cover them.

King James 2000

Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, you shall purge them away.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Iniquities prevail over me. As for our transgressions, you will {forgive} them.

Modern King James verseion

Things of iniquity are mightier than I; as for our transgressions, You shall purge them away.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Our misdeeds prevail against us; O be thou merciful unto our sins.

NET Bible

Our record of sins overwhelms me, but you forgive our acts of rebellion.

New Heart English Bible

Sins overwhelmed me, but you atoned for our transgressions.

The Emphasized Bible

Iniquitous things, have been too strong for me, As for our transgressions, wilt, thou, by propitiation remove them.

Webster

Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.

World English Bible

Sins overwhelmed me, but you atoned for our transgressions.

Youngs Literal Translation

Matters of iniquities were mightier than I, Our transgressions -- Thou dost cover them.

Context Readings

God's Care For The Earth

2 All men will come to you O Hearer of prayer. 3 Iniquities prevail against me;
As for our transgressions, You forgive them.
4 How blessed is the one you choose to bring near to you, to dwell in your courts. We will be satisfied with the goodness of your house, your holy Temple.

Cross References

Psalm 38:4

My guilt has overwhelmed me. Like a heavy load, it is more than I can bear.

Psalm 79:9

Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Rescue us, and provide atonement for our sins for the honor of your name.

Psalm 40:12

Countless evils have surrounded me. My sins have caught up with me so that I can no longer see. They outnumber the hairs on my head. I have lost heart (lost strength, courage and motivation).

Isaiah 6:7

He touched my mouth with it and said: See! This has touched your lips, your guilt is taken away and your sin forgiven (pardoned) (atoned for).

Hebrews 9:14

The blood of Christ did even more. Through the eternal Spirit he offered himself without blemish to God and cleansed your conscience from dead works. Now we can serve (worship) the living God.

2 Samuel 12:7-13

You are that man! Nathan said to David. And this is what the Lord Jehovah the God of Israel says: 'I made you king of Israel and rescued you from Saul.

Psalm 51:2-3

Wash me thoroughly from my perversity (iniquity) (guilt), and cleanse me from my sin.

Psalm 51:7

Purify me from sin with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.

Isaiah 1:18-19

Come now, let us reason together (make things right) (correct matters) between us! Says Jehovah. Though your sins are like scarlet, they will become as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they will become as white as wool.

Micah 7:8-9

Do not rejoice against me, O my enemy! When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, Jehovah will be a light to me.

Zechariah 13:1

A fountain for sin and for uncleanness will be opened for the house of David.

John 1:29

The next day he saw Jesus coming to him. He boldly declared: Behold! The Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world!

Romans 7:23-25

However I see a different law at work in my body. This law fights against the law that my mind approves of. It makes me a prisoner to the law of sin that is at work in my body.

Galatians 5:17

For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh. These are in opposition to one another that you may not do the things that you would.

1 John 1:7-9

If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

Revelation 1:5

And from Jesus Christ, who is the Faithful Witness, and the firstborn from the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and released us from our sins by his blood.

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