Psalms 78:38 — Compare Translations

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But He, full of [merciful] compassion, forgave their iniquity and destroyed them not; yes, many a time He turned His anger away and did not stir up all His wrath and indignation.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

But He, full of [merciful] compassion, forgave their iniquity and destroyed them not; yes, many a time He turned His anger away and did not stir up all His wrath and indignation.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Yet he was compassionate; he atoned for their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often turned his anger aside and did not unleash all his wrath.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

But he was merciful: he forgave the iniquity, and destroyed [them] not; but many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his fury:

English EASY 2024

But God was kind to them, and he forgave them for their sins. He did not destroy them. Many times he was patient, and he did not become angry with them.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

But God was merciful. He forgave their sins and did not destroy them. Many times he held back his anger. He never let it get out of control.

Yet he, being compassionate, atoned for their iniquity and did not destroy them; he restrained his anger often and did not stir up all his wrath.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

But God was merciful to his people. He forgave their sin and did not destroy them. Many times he held back his anger and restrained his fury.

English God's Word - GW 1995

But he is compassionate. He forgave their sin. He did not destroy them. He restrained his anger many times. He did not display all of his fury.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Yet He was compassionate; He atoned for [their] guilt and did not destroy [them]. He often turned His anger aside and did not unleash all His wrath.

English KJV 1611

But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.

English LSB

But He, being compassionate, atoned for their iniquity and did not destroy them; And He abounded in turning back His anger And did not arouse all His wrath.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

But He, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger, and did not stir up all His wrath;

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

But He, being compassionate, forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them; And often He restrained His anger And did not arouse all His wrath.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

But God is merciful and forgave their sin; he did not utterly destroy them. Time and again he turned back his anger, unwilling to unleash all his rage.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Yet he is compassionate. He forgives sin and does not destroy. He often holds back his anger, and does not stir up his fury.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

But he was full of tender love. He forgave their sins and didn't destroy his people. Time after time he held back his anger. He didn't let all of his burning anger blaze out.

English NIV

Yet he was merciful; he forgave their iniquities and did not destroy them. Time after time he restrained his anger and did not stir up his full wrath.

English NKJ 1982

But He, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, And did not destroy them. Yes, many a time He turned His anger away, And did not stir up all His wrath;

English NLT

Yet he was merciful and forgave their sins and didn't destroy them all. Many a time he held back his anger and did not unleash his fury!

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Yet he, being compassionate, forgave their iniquity, and did not destroy them; often he restrained his anger, and did not stir up all his wrath.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

But amazingly, God—so full of compassion—still forgave them. He covered over their sins with his love, refusing to destroy them all. Over and over he held back his anger, restraining wrath to show them mercy.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Yet he, being compassionate, forgave their iniquity, and did not destroy them; he restrained his anger often, and did not stir up all his wrath.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Yet he was merciful and forgave their sins and didn't destroy them all. Many and many a time he held back his anger.

English Tyndale 1537

But he was so merciful, that he forgave their misdeeds, and destroyed them not. Yea, many a time turned he his wrath away, and would not suffer his whole displeasure to arise.