For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.
Parallel translations
- KJV For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
- BSB For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving devotion for those who fear Him.
- NKJV For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him;
- NASB For as high as the heavens are above the earth, So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him.
- NLT For his unfailing love toward those who fear him is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth.
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- Ps 57:10For your great loving kindness reaches to the heavens, and your truth to the skies.
- Luke 1:50His mercy is for generations of generations on those who fear him.
- Ps 103:17But Yahweh’s loving kindness is from everlasting to everlasting with those who fear him, his righteousness to children’s children;
- Eph 2:4–7But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,
- Ps 36:5Your loving kindness, Yahweh, is in the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
- Prov 25:3As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, so the hearts of kings are unsearchable.
- Isa 55:9“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
- Ps 89:2I indeed declare, “Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them.”
- Eph 3:18–19may be strengthened to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and height and depth,
- Job 22:12“Isn’t God in the heights of heaven? See the height of the stars, how high they are!
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