KJV King James Version
For the LORD [is] good; his mercy [is] everlasting; and his truth [endureth] to all generations.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Psalm 100:5
For the LORD [is] good; his mercy [is] everlasting; and his truth [endureth] to all generations.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For the LORD is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations.
WEB World English Bible
For Yahweh is good. His loving kindness endures forever, his faithfulness to all generations.
ASV American Standard Version
For Jehovah is good; his lovingkindness endureth for ever, And his faithfulness unto all generations.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For good is Jehovah, to the age His kindness, And to generation and generation His faithfulness!
Surrounding context — Psalm 100
2 Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.
3 Know ye that the LORD he [is] God: [it is] he [that] hath made us, and not we ourselves; [we are] his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, [and] into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, [and] bless his name.
5 For the LORD [is] good; his mercy [is] everlasting; and his truth [endureth] to all generations.
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Psalm 106:1Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.Psalm 86:5For thou, Lord, [art] good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.Psalm 107:1O give thanks unto the LORD, for [he is] good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.Psalm 36:5Thy mercy, O LORD, [is] in the heavens; [and] thy faithfulness [reacheth] unto the clouds.1 Chronicles 16:34O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good; for his mercy [endureth] for ever.Jeremiah 33:11The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD [is] good; for his mercy [endureth] for ever: [and] of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.Psalm 136:1-26O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good: for his mercy [endureth] for ever.Psalm 103:17But the mercy of the LORD [is] from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children’s children;Luke 1:50And his mercy [is] on them that fear him from generation to generation.Nahum 1:7The LORD [is] good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.Psalm 118:1-4O give thanks unto the LORD; for [he is] good: because his mercy [endureth] for ever.Psalm 119:68Thou [art] good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.2 Chronicles 5:13It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers [were] as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up [their] voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, [saying], For [he is] good; for his mercy [endureth] for ever: that [then] the house was filled with a cloud, [even] the house of the LORD;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,Psalm 89:1-2Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.Jeremiah 33:20-21Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;Psalm 85:10Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed [each other].Ezra 3:11And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because [he is] good, for his mercy [endureth] for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.
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