Daniel 9:9

Contemporary English Version

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

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;

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

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

⁵ But we have sinned terribly by rebelling against you and rejecting your laws and teachings. ⁶ We have ignored the message your servants the prophets spoke to our kings, our leaders, our ancestors, and everyone else. ⁷ Everything you do is right, our Lord. But still we suffer public disgrace because we have been unfaithful and have sinned against you. This includes all of us, both far and near—the people of Judah, Jerusalem, and Israel, as well as those you dragged away to foreign lands, ⁸ and even our kings, our officials, and our ancestors. ⁹ Lord God, you are merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against you ¹⁰Daniel Prays for the People Daniel wrote: Some years later, Darius the Mede, who was the son of Xerxes, had become king of Babylonia. And during his first year as king, I found out from studying the writings of the prophets that the Lord had said to Jeremiah, "Jerusalem will lie in ruins for seventy years." Then, to show my sorrow, I went without eating and dressed in sackcloth and sat in ashes. I confessed my sins and earnestly prayed to the Lord my God: Our Lord, you are a great and fearsome God, and you faithfully keep your agreement with those who love and obey you. But we have sinned terribly by rebelling against you and rejecting your laws and teachings. We have ignored the message your servants the prophets spoke to our kings, our leaders, our ancestors, and everyone else. Everything you do is right, our Lord. But still we suffer public disgrace because we have been unfaithful and have sinned against you. This includes all of us, both far and near—the people of Judah, Jerusalem, and Israel, as well as those you dragged away to foreign lands, and even our kings, our officials, and our ancestors. Lord God, you are merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against you and rejected your teachings that came to us from your servants the prophets. ¹¹ Everyone in Israel has stubbornly refused to obey your laws, and so those curses written by your servant Moses have fallen upon us. ¹² You warned us and our leaders that Jerusalem would suffer the worst disaster in human history, and you did exactly as you had threatened. ¹³ We have not escaped any of the terrible curses written by Moses, and yet we have refused to beg you for mercy and to remind ourselves of how faithful you have always been. ¹⁴ And when you finally punished us with this horrible disaster, that was also the right thing to do, because we deserved it so much.

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 solemnly promise that you, your wife, your sons, and your daughters-in-law will be kept safe in the boat.

Genesis 9:7
I want you and your descendants to have many children, so people will live everywhere on earth.

Genesis 9:8
Again, God said to Noah and his sons:

Genesis 9:9
I am going to make a solemn promise to you and to everyone who will live after you.

Genesis 9:10
This includes the birds and the animals that came out of the boat.

Genesis 9:11
I promise every living creature that the earth and those living on it will never again be destroyed by a flood.

Genesis 9:17
The rainbow will be the sign of that solemn promise.

Genesis 22:17
"I will bless you and give you such a large family, that someday your descendants will be more numerous than the stars in the sky or the grains of sand along the beach. They will defeat their enemies and take over the cities where their enemies live.

Jeremiah 33:20
I, the Lord , have an agreement with day and night, so they always come at the right time. You can't break the agreement I made with them,

Romans 1:3
This good news is about his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ! As a human, he was from the family of David. But the Holy Spirit proved that Jesus is the powerful Son of God, because he was raised from death.

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.