Daniel 9:4
2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.
3 So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
And 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,
5 we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances.
6 We have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, leaders, and fathers, and to all the people of the land.
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- And 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,
- KJV
- And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
- WEB
- I prayed to the LORD my God, and made confession, and said, “Oh, Lord, the great and dreadful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments,
- ASV
- And I prayed unto Jehovah my God, and made confession, and said, Oh, Lord, the great and dreadful God, who keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments,
- DARBY
- and I prayed unto Jehovah my God, and made my confession, and said, Alas Lord! the great and terrible God, keeping covenant and loving-kindness with them that love him, and that keep his commandments:
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- And I prayed to YHWH my God, and I made confession and said: “O Lord God, the great and fearsome One, the One keeping the covenant and the loving devotion to those loving Him and those keeping His commandments.
- ÅB
- Og jeg ba til Herren min Gud og bekjente og sa: Akk, Herre, du store og forferdelige Gud, som holder din pakt og bevarer miskunnhet mot dem som elsker deg og holder dine bud!
- OTB
- Jeg ba til Herren min Gud og bekjente: “Å Herre, den store og fryktinngytende Gud, som holder sin pakt av kjærlighet med dem som elsker Ham og holder Hans bud,
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- Og jeg bad til Herren min Gud og bekjente og sa: Akk, Herre, du store og forferdelige Gud, som holder din pakt og bevarer miskunnhet mot dem som elsker dig og holder dine bud!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 8:28
And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
Read in contextExodus 20:6
but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 5:10
but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
Read in contextExodus 34:6–7
Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
Read in contextDaniel 9:5–12
we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances.
Read in contextJeremiah 32:17–19
“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!
Read in context2 Chronicles 7:14
and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
Read in contextNehemiah 9:32
So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.
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