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The Transgression of the Wicked

Psalms 36:5

In 11 translations

BSB
Your loving devotion, O LORD, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds.
KJV
Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.
WEB
Your loving kindness, Yahweh, is in the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
ASV
Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, is in the heavens; Thy faithfulness reacheth unto the skies.
LSV
O YHWH, Your kindness [is] in the heavens, || Your faithfulness [is] to the clouds.
YLT
O Jehovah, in the heavens [is] Thy kindness, Thy faithfulness [is] unto the clouds.
DBY
Jehovah, thy loving-kindness is in the heavens, and thy faithfulness [reacheth] unto the clouds.
DRC35:6
O Lord, thy mercy is in heaven, and thy truth reacheth, even to the clouds.
GNV
Thy mercy, O Lord, reacheth vnto the heauens, and thy faithfulnesse vnto the cloudes.
JPS36:6
Thy lovingkindness, O LORD, is in the heavens; Thy faithfulness reacheth unto the skies.
LXXE35:6
O Lord, thy mercy is in the heaven; and thy truth reaches to the clouds.

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Original-language editions

WLC36:6
יְ֭הוָה בְּהַשָּׁמַ֣יִם חַסְדֶּ֑ךָ אֱ֝מֽוּנָתְךָ֗ עַד־שְׁחָקִֽים׃KJV:Ps.36.5
LXX-Br35:6
Κύριε, ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ τὸ ἔλεός σου, καὶ ἡ ἀλήθειά σου ἕως τῶν νεφελῶν.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 100:5For the LORD is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations.
  • Psalms 108:4For Your loving devotion extends beyond the heavens, and Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
  • Psalms 103:11For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving devotion for those who fear Him.
  • Hebrews 6:18–20Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged. We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and…
  • Psalms 57:10For Your loving devotion reaches to the heavens, and Your faithfulness to the clouds.
  • Psalms 89:2For I have said, “Loving devotion is built up forever; in the heavens You establish Your faithfulness.”
  • Psalms 92:2to proclaim Your loving devotion in the morning and Your faithfulness at night
  • Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
  • Isaiah 55:7–9Let 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. “For My thoughts are not your…
  • Psalms 52:1Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long.

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  • 36:6 in some Bibles
  • 36:5 in most Bibles

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