Micah 7:20

God's faithfulness God's love Covenant and promises

¹⁸ 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.

¹⁹ He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: You will show faithfulness to Jacob and loving devotion to Abraham, as You swore to our fathers from the days of old.
KJV: Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
WEB: You will give truth to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
ASV: Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, [and] the lovingkindness to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
DARBY: Thou wilt perform truth to Jacob, loving-kindness to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers, from the days of old.
BLB: You will give forth faithfulness to Jacob, loving devotion to Abraham, which You have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.

ÅB: Du skal vise Jakob trofasthet,
Abraham miskunn,
som du har svoret fedrene våre
fra gammel tid.
[^1]: Den dagen profetene har forkynt.
[^2]: Fra alle land, enten de ligger mellom hav eller fjell.
[^3]: Navnet Mika betyr «Hvem er som Herren?»
OTB: Du vil gi sannhet til Jakob
Og nåde til Abraham,
Som Du sverget til våre forfedre
Fra gamle dager.
B1930: Du skal vise Jakob trofasthet, Abraham miskunnhet, som du har svoret våre fedre fra fordums dager.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Genesis 28:13–14
And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
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Luke 1:72–74
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
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Genesis 17:7–8
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
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Genesis 12:2–3
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
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Genesis 22:16–18
And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
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Psalms 105:8–10
He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
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Hebrews 6:13–18
For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
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Acts 3:25–26
Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
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