KJV King James Version
If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
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Psalm 130:3
If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?
WEB World English Bible
If you, Yah, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?
ASV American Standard Version
If thou, Jehovah, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
If iniquities Thou dost observe, O Lord, who doth stand?
Surrounding context — Psalm 130
1 A Song of degrees. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
4 But [there is] forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
5 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
6 My soul [waiteth] for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: [I say, more than] they that watch for the morning.
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Psalm 143:2And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.Psalm 76:7Thou, [even] thou, [art] to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?Romans 3:20-24Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law [is] the knowledge of sin.John 8:7-9So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.Revelation 6:17For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?Nahum 1:6Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.Job 10:14If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.Malachi 3:2But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he [is] like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:Job 15:14What [is] man, that he should be clean? and [he which is] born of a woman, that he should be righteous?Isaiah 53:6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.Job 9:20If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: [if I say], I [am] perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.Job 9:2-3I know [it is] so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?
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