Daniel 9:9

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, even though we have rebelled against Him

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Compassion and forgiveness belong to the Lord our God, though we have rebelled against him

Hebrew Names Version
To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness; for we have rebelled against him;

King James Version
To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;

English Standard Version
To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him

New American Standard Bible
"To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, because we have rebelled against Him;

New Century Version
"But, Lord our God, you show us mercy and forgive us even though we have turned against you.

Amplified Bible
"To the Lord our God belong mercy and lovingkindness and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against Him;

Geneva Bible (1587)
Yet compassion and forgiuenesse is in the Lorde our God, albeit we haue rebelled against him.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against Him;

Contemporary English Version
Lord God, you are merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against you

Complete Jewish Bible
It is for Adonai our God to show compassion and forgiveness, because we rebelled against him.

Darby Translation
With the Lord our God are mercies and pardons, for we have rebelled against him;

Easy-to-Read Version
"But, Lord our God, you are kind and forgiving, even though we rebelled against you.

George Lamsa Translation
To the LORD God belong mercies and forgiveness of sins, for we have rebelled against him;

Good News Translation
You are merciful and forgiving, although we have rebelled against you.

Lexham English Bible
Compassion and forgiveness belong to the Lord, our God, for we have rebelled against him,

Literal Translation
To the Lord our God belong mercies and pardons, for we have rebelled against Him.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But vnto the o LORDE oure God, pertayneth mercy and forgeuenesse. As for vs, we are gone backe from him,

American Standard Version
To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness; for we have rebelled against him;

Bible in Basic English
With the Lord our God are mercies and forgiveness, for we have gone against him;

JPS Old Testament (1917)
To the Lord our God belong compassions and forgivenesses; for we have rebelled against Him;

King James Version (1611)
To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiuenesses, though we haue rebelled against him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Unto the Lorde our God pertayneth compassion and forgeuenesse, though we haue rebelled against him.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
To thee, the Lord our God, belong compassions and forgivenesses, whereas we have departed from thee;

English Revised Version
To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses; for we have rebelled against him;

World English Bible
To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness; for we have rebelled against him;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
but merci and benygnytee is to thee, oure Lord God. For we yeden awei fro thee,

Update Bible Version
To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness; for we have rebelled against him;

Webster's Bible Translation
To the Lord our God [belong] mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;

New English Translation
Yet the Lord our God is compassionate and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him.

New King James Version
To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against Him.

New Living Translation
But the Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him.

New Life Bible
O Lord our God, You are kind and forgiving, even when we would not obey You.

New Revised Standard
To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
To the Lord our God, belong compassions, and forgivenesses, - for we have rebelled against him;

Douay-Rheims Bible
But to thee, the Lord our God, mercy and forgiveness, for we have departed from thee:

Revised Standard Version
To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness; because we have rebelled against him,

Young's Literal Translation
`To the Lord our God [are] the mercies and the forgivenesses, for we have rebelled against Him,

THE MESSAGE
"‘Compassion is our only hope, the compassion of you, the Master, our God, since in our rebellion we've forfeited our rights. We paid no attention to you when you told us how to live, the clear teaching that came through your servants the prophets. All of us in Israel ignored what you said. We defied your instructions and did what we pleased. And now we're paying for it: The solemn curse written out plainly in the revelation to God's servant Moses is now doing its work among us, the wages of our sin against you. You did to us and our rulers what you said you would do: You brought this catastrophic disaster on us, the worst disaster on record—and in Jerusalem!

Contextual Overview

⁴And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, "O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments, ⁵we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances. ⁶We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, leaders, fathers, and all the people of the land. ⁷To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame-the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel, near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You. ⁸O LORD, we are covered with shame-our kings, our leaders, and our fathers-because we have sinned against You. ⁹To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, even though we have rebelled against Him¹⁰and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God to walk in His laws, which He set before us through His servants the prophets. ¹¹All Israel has transgressed Your law and turned away, refusing to obey Your voice; so the oath and the curse written in the Law of Moses, the servant of God, has been poured out on us because we have sinned against You. ¹²You have carried out the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing upon us a great disaster. For under all of heaven, nothing has ever been done like what has been done to Jerusalem. ¹³Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our iniquities and paying attention to Your truth.

Bible Verse Review
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To the Lord: From God's goodness flow His mercies; and from His mercies, forgiveness. Daniel 9:7, Exodus 34:6, Exodus 34:7, Numbers 14:18, Numbers 14:19, Nehemiah 9:17, Nehemiah 9:31, Psalms 62:12, Psalms 86:5, Psalms 86:15, Psalms 130:4, Psalms 130:7, Psalms 145:8, Psalms 145:9, Isaiah 55:7, Isaiah 63:7, Lamentations 3:22, Lamentations 3:23, Jonah 4:2, Micah 7:18, Micah 7:19, Ephesians 1:6-8, Ephesians 2:4-7

though: Daniel 9:5, Nehemiah 9:18, Nehemiah 9:19, Nehemiah 9:26-28, Psalms 106:43-45, Jeremiah 14:7, Ezekiel 20:8, Ezekiel 20:9, Ezekiel 20:13

Reciprocal: Genesis 32:10 - not worthy of the least of all Numbers 14:9 - Only rebel Psalms 5:10 - they Psalms 31:16 - save Psalms 51:1 - O God Psalms 79:9 - purge Psalms 116:5 - Gracious Lamentations 1:18 - for I Mark 2:7 - who Luke 5:21 - Who can Luke 18:13 - God 2 Corinthians 1:3 - the Father of mercies Ephesians 1:7 - the forgiveness James 5:11 - the Lord is

Cross-References

Genesis 6:18
But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark-you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you.

Genesis 9:7
But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; spread out across the earth and multiply upon it."

Genesis 9:8
Then God said to Noah and his sons with him,

Genesis 9:9
"Behold, I now establish My covenant with you and your descendants after you,

Genesis 9:10
and with every living creature that was with you-the birds, the livestock, and every beast of the earth-every living thing that came out of the ark.

Genesis 9:11
And I establish My covenant with you: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth."

Genesis 9:17
So God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between Me and all living things on the earth."

Genesis 22:17
I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.

Jeremiah 33:20
"This is what the LORD says: If you can break My covenant with the day and My covenant with the night, so that day and night cease to occupy their appointed time,

Romans 1:3
regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses,.... Mercy is his nature, and what he delights in; it is abundant, and he is plenteous in it the fountain of mercy is with him, and numerous are the streams which flow from it, called "the multitude of his tender mercies"; all temporal favours spring from hence, and so do all spiritual blessings, the sure mercies of David; and particularly the forgiveness of sin, which is the Lord's prerogative, and is according to the tender mercies of our God, and the riches of his grace; and is of all sins, and of all sorts of sinners; he doth abundantly pardon all that apply to him for it, and forgives all trespasses; see Psalms 130:4:

though we have rebelled against him: there is mercy with the Lord, and forgiveness with him, even for rebellious ones; which is an exaggeration and illustration of his pardoning grace and mercy: or, "for we have sinned against him" g; so that it is a plain case that he is merciful and has forgiven our iniquities, since he has spared us, and not destroyed us, and now is about to put an end to our captivity, according to his promise; and if he had not mercy on us, and did not forgive our sins, we must perish in them, and there would be no hope of salvation for us.

g כי מרדנו "quia rebellavimus", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Polanus, Cocceius, Michaelis.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses - Not only does righteousness belong to him in the sense that he has done right, and that he cannot be blamed for what he has done, but mercy and forgiveness belong to him in the sense that he only can pardon, and that these are attributes of his nature.

Though we have rebelled against him - The word used here and rendered “though” (כי kı̂y) may mean either “though” or “for.” That is, the passage may mean that mercy belongs to God, and we may hope that he will show it, “although” we have been so evil and rebellious; or it may mean that it belongs to him, and he only can show it, “for” we have rebelled against him; that is, our only hope now is in his mercy, “for” we have sinned, and forfeited all claims to his favor. Either of these interpretations makes good sense, but the latter would seem to be most in accordance with the general strain of this part of the prayer, which is to make humble and penitent confession. So the Latin Vulgate “quia.” So Theodotion, ὅτι hoti. So Luther and Lengerke, “denn.” In the same way, the passage in Psalms 25:11 is rendered, “For thy name’s sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity, for (כי kı̂y) it is great” - though this passage will admit of the other interpretation, “although it is great.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Daniel 9:9. Mercies and forgivenesses — From God's goodness flow God's mercies; from his mercies, forgivenesses.