KJV King James Version
And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Exodus 34:6
And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then 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,
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, “Yahweh! Yahweh, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth,
ASV American Standard Version
And Jehovah passed by before him, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Jehovah passeth over before his face, and calleth: ‘Jehovah, Jehovah God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth,
Surrounding context — Exodus 34
3 And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount.
4 And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.
5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear [the guilty]; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth [generation].
8 And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.
9 And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it [is] a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיַּעֲבֹ֨רH5674 · a.varto passיְהוָ֥ה׀H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDעַל־H5921 · aluponפָּנָיו֮H6440 · pa.nehface: beforeוַיִּקְרָא֒H7121 · qa.rato call: call toיְהוָ֣ה׀H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDיְהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֵ֥לH410 · elGodרַח֖וּםH7349 · ra.chumcompassionateוְחַנּ֑וּןH2587 · chan.nungraciousאֶ֥רֶךְH750 · a.rekhslowאַפַּ֖יִםH639 · aphface: angerוְרַב־H7227 · ravmanyחֶ֥סֶדH2617 · che.sedkindnessוֶאֱמֶֽת׀H571 · e.mettruth: faithful
Cross-references
Psalm 86:15But thou, O Lord, [art] a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.Joel 2:13And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he [is] gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.Psalm 103:8-13The LORD [is] merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.Psalm 145:8The LORD [is] gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.Nehemiah 9:17And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou [art] a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.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.Numbers 14:17-19And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying,Psalm 86:5For thou, Lord, [art] good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.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.Micah 7:18Who [is] a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth [in] mercy.Deuteronomy 5:10And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.Ephesians 1:7-8In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;Psalm 138:2I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.Psalm 116:5Gracious [is] the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God [is] merciful.Psalm 108:4For thy mercy [is] great above the heavens: and thy truth [reacheth] unto the clouds.Romans 2:4Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?Psalm 111:4He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD [is] gracious and full of compassion.Psalm 57:10For thy mercy [is] great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
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