Lamentations 3:22

In 10 translations

BSB

Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.Forms of the Hebrew chesed are translated here and in most cases throughout the Scriptures as loving devotion; the range of meaning includes love, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, and mercy, as well as loyalty to a covenant.

KJV

¶ It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

WEB

It is because of Yahweh’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies don’t fail.

ASV

It is of Jehovah’s lovingkindnesses that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.

LSV

The kindnesses of YHWH! For we have not been consumed, || For His mercies have not ended.

YLT

The kindnesses of Jehovah! For we have not been consumed, For not ended have His mercies.

DBY

It is of Jehovah's loving-kindness we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not;

DRC

Heth. The mercies of the Lord that we are not consumed: because his commiserations have not failed.

GNV

It is the Lordes mercies that wee are not consumed, because his compassions faile not.

JPS

Surely the LORD'S mercies are not consumed, surely His compassions fail not.

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WLC

חַֽסְדֵ֤י יְהוָה֙ כִּ֣י לֹא־תָ֔מְנוּ כִּ֥י לֹא־כָל֖וּ רַחֲמָֽיו׃

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• Psalms 86:15But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.
• Luke 1:50His mercy extends to those who fear Him, from generation to generation.
• Nehemiah 9:31But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.
• Micah 7:18–19Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion? He will again have…
• Malachi 3:6“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
• Psalms 78:38And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.
• Psalms 106:45And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
• Psalms 77:8Is His loving devotion gone forever? Has His promise failed for all time?
• Ezra 9:8–9But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from the LORD our God to preserve for us a remnant and to give us a stake in His holy place. Even in our bondage, our God has given us new life and light to our eyes. Though…
• Ezekiel 20:8–9But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger…
• Ezra 9:13–15After all that has come upon us because of our evil deeds and our great guilt (though You, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us such a remnant as this), shall we again break Your…
• Ezekiel 20:21–22But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out…
• Ezekiel 20:13–14Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My…

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