Psalms 103:8

In 11 translations

BSB

The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.

KJV

The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.plenteous…: Heb. great in mercy

WEB

Yahweh is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.

ASV

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

LSV

YHWH [is] merciful and gracious, || Slow to anger, and abundant in mercy.

YLT

Merciful and gracious [is] Jehovah, Slow to anger, and abundant in mercy.

DBY

Jehovah is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving-kindness.

DRC102:8

The ford is compassionate and merciful: longsuffering and plenteous in mercy.

GNV

The Lord is full of compassion and mercie, slowe to anger and of great kindnesse.

JPS

The LORD is full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

LXXE102:8

The Lord is compassionate and pitiful, long-suffering, and full of mercy.

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Original-language editions

WLC

רַח֣וּם וְחַנּ֣וּן יְהוָ֑ה אֶ֖רֶךְ אַפַּ֣יִם וְרַב־חָֽסֶד׃

LXX-Br102:8

Οἰκτίρμων καὶ ἐλεήμων ὁ Κύριος, μακρόθυμος καὶ πολυέλεος.

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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.
• Joel 2:13So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.
• Exodus 34:6–7Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness, maintaining loving devotion to a thousand…
• Psalms 145:8The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.
• Nahum 1:3The LORD is slow to anger and great in power; the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. His path is in the whirlwind and storm, and clouds are the dust beneath His feet.
• Psalms 86:5For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.
• Ephesians 1:7–8In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.
• Jonah 4:2So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to…
• Numbers 14:18‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to…
• Psalms 130:7O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.
• Isaiah 55:7Let the wicked man forsake his own way and the unrighteous man his own thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
• James 5:11See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
• Deuteronomy 5:10but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
• Nehemiah 9:17They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and…
• Jeremiah 32:18You show loving devotion to thousands but lay the iniquity of the fathers into the laps of their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the LORD of Hosts,
• Romans 5:20–21The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more, so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life…

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