KJV King James Version
As far as the east is from the west, [so] far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
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Psalm 103:12
As far as the east is from the west, [so] far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
WEB World English Bible
As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
ASV American Standard Version
As far as the east is from the west, So far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
As the distance of east from west He hath put far from us our transgressions.
Surrounding context — Psalm 103
9 He will not always chide: neither will he keep [his anger] for ever.
10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, [so] great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
12 As far as the east is from the west, [so] far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
13 Like as a father pitieth [his] children, [so] the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
14 For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we [are] dust.
15 [As for] man, his days [are] as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
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Isaiah 43:25I, [even] I, [am] he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.1 John 1:7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.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.Isaiah 38:17Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul [delivered it] from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.Jeremiah 31:34And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.Hebrews 10:2For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.2 Samuel 12:13And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.Jeremiah 50:20In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and [there shall be] none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.Isaiah 45:6That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that [there is] none beside me. I [am] the LORD, and [there is] none else.Psalm 113:3From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD’S name [is] to be praised.Psalm 50:1A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, [even] the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
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