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Micah 7:18

ForgivenessGraceMercy and compassionGod's love

16 Nations will see and be ashamed, deprived of all their might. They will put their hands over their mouths, and their ears will become deaf.

17 They will lick the dust like a snake, like reptiles slithering on the ground. They will crawl from their holes in the presence of the LORD our God; they will tremble in fear of You.

Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?

19 He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.

20 You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.

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BSB
Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
KJV
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
WEB
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.
ASV
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in lovingkindness.
DARBY
Who is a God like unto thee, that forgiveth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in loving-kindness.
BLB
Who [is] a God like You, lifting away iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion.
ÅB
Hvem er en Gud som du,[^3]
som tar bort skyld
og går forbi opprør
hos dem som er igjen av arven hans?
Han holder ikke evig fast på vreden,
for han har lyst til miskunn.
OTB
Hvem er en Gud som Deg,
Som tilgir urett
Og overser de opprørske handlingene til resten av Sin eiendom?
Han holder ikke fast på Sin vrede for alltid,
Fordi Han gleder seg i nåde.
B1930
Hvem er en Gud som du, en Gud som tar bort misgjerning og går overtredelse forbi for dem som er tilbake av hans arv? Han holder ikke til evig tid fast ved sin vrede, for han har lyst til miskunnhet.

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