11 translations · Hebrew
Psalm 86:15
But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.
Psalm 86:15 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.
- KJV King James Version
- But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.
- ASV American Standard Version
- But thou, O Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- And You, O Lord, [are] God, merciful and gracious, || Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to become angry, full of trustworthy love and faithfulness.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- And Thou, O Lord, [art] God, merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abundant in kindness and truth.
- DBY Darby Translation
- But thou, Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- But thou, O LORD, art a God full of compassion, and gracious; long-suffering, and abundant in mercy and truth.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899 · Psalm 85:15 in this edition
- And thou, O Lord, art a God of compassion, and merciful, patient, and of much mercy, and true.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְאַתָּ֣ה | wə·’at·tāh | But You | H859 אַתָּ֫ה you(m.s.) |
| אֲ֭דֹנָי | ’ă·ḏō·nāy | O Lord | H136 אֲדֹנָי Lord |
| אֵל־ | ’êl- | God | H410 אֵל God |
| רַח֣וּם | ra·ḥūm | are a compassionate | H7349 רַחוּם compassionate |
| וְחַנּ֑וּן | wə·ḥan·nūn | and gracious | H2587 חַנּוּן gracious |
| אֶ֥רֶךְ | ’e·reḵ | slow | H750 אָרֵךְ slow |
| אַ֝פַּ֗יִם | ’ap·pa·yim | to anger | H639 אַף face: anger |
| וְרַב־ | wə·raḇ- | abounding | H7227 רַב many |
| חֶ֥סֶד | ḥe·seḏ | in loving devotion | H2617 חֶ֫סֶד kindness |
| וֶאֱמֶֽת׃ | we·’ĕ·meṯ | and faithfulness | H571 אֱמֶת truth: faithful |
Related verses
- Ephesians 2:4–7
But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, …
- Psalm 103:8
Yahweh is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness.
- Psalm 130:7
Israel, hope in Yahweh, for with Yahweh there is loving kindness. With him is abundant redemption.
- Ephesians 1:7
in whom we have our redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
- Psalm 86:5
For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you.
- Psalm 145:8
Yahweh is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving kindness.
- Nehemiah 9:17
and refused to obey. They weren’t mindful of your wonders that you did among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and didn’t forsake them.
- Joel 2:13
Tear your heart, and not your garments, and turn to Yahweh, your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and relents from sending calamity.
- Micah 7:18
Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn’t retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness.
- Psalm 85:10
Mercy and truth meet together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
13 For your loving kindness is great toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.
14 God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and they don’t hold regard for you before them.
15 But you, Lord, are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth.
16 Turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give your strength to your servant. Save the son of your servant.
17 Show me a sign of your goodness, that those who hate me may see it, and be shamed, because you, Yahweh, have helped me, and comforted me.
Read all of Psalm 86 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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