KJV King James Version
(For the LORD thy God [is] a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.
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Deuteronomy 4:31
(For the LORD thy God [is] a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For the LORD your God is a merciful God; He will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers, which He swore to them by oath.
WEB World English Bible
for Yahweh your God is a merciful God; he will not fail you, neither destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which he swore to them.
ASV American Standard Version
for Jehovah thy God is a merciful God; he will not fail thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
for a merciful God is Jehovah thy God; He doth not fail thee, nor destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers, which He hath sworn to them.
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 4
28 And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find [him], if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
30 When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, [even] in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;
31 (For the LORD thy God [is] a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.
32 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and [ask] from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been [any such thing] as this great thing [is], or hath been heard like it?
33 Did [ever] people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
34 Or hath God assayed to go [and] take him a nation from the midst of [another] nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
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כִּ֣יH3588 · kiforאֵ֤לH410 · elGodרַחוּם֙H7349 · ra.chumcompassionateיְהוָ֣הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָH430 · e.lo.himGodלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotיַרְפְּךָ֖H7503 · ra.phahto slackenוְלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotיַשְׁחִיתֶ֑ךָH7843 · sha.chatto ruinוְלֹ֤אH3808 · lonotיִשְׁכַּח֙H7911 · sha.khachto forgetאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בְּרִ֣יתH1285 · be.ritcovenantאֲבֹתֶ֔יךָH1 · avfatherאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichנִשְׁבַּ֖עH7650 · sha.vato swearלָהֶֽם׃H9038 · hemthem
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 31:8And the LORD, he [it is] that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.Psalm 116:5Gracious [is] the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God [is] merciful.Nehemiah 9:31Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou [art] a gracious and merciful God.Jonah 4:2And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, [was] not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou [art] a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.Exodus 34:6-7And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,Leviticus 26:42Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.2 Chronicles 30:9For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children [shall find] compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God [is] gracious and merciful, and will not turn away [his] face from you, if ye return unto him.Deuteronomy 31:6Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he [it is] that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.Psalm 145:8-9The LORD [is] gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.Psalm 111:9He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend [is] his name.Leviticus 26:45But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I [am] the LORD.Numbers 14:18The LORD [is] longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth [generation].Joshua 1:5There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, [so] I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.Psalm 111:5He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant.Jeremiah 14:21Do not abhor [us], for thy name’s sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us.Luke 1:72To perform the mercy [promised] to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;Nehemiah 1:5And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:Psalm 86:5For thou, Lord, [art] good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
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