For your great loving kindness reaches to the heavens, and your truth to the skies.
Parallel translations
- KJV For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
- BSB For Your loving devotion reaches to the heavens, and Your faithfulness to the clouds.
- NKJV For Your mercy reaches unto the heavens, And Your truth unto the clouds.
- NASB For Your goodness is great to the heavens And Your truth to the clouds.
- NLT For your unfailing love is as high as the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
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- Ps 108:4For your loving kindness is great above the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
- Ps 103:11For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his loving kindness toward those who fear him.
- Ps 36:5Your loving kindness, Yahweh, is in the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
- Isa 54:7–10“For a small moment I have forsaken you; but with great mercies will I gather you.
- Ps 71:19Your righteousness also, God, reaches to the heavens; you have done great things. God, who is like you?
- Heb 6:17–18In this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;
- Ps 85:10–11Mercy and truth meet together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
- Ps 89:1–2A contemplation by Ethan, the Ezrahite. I will sing of the loving kindness of Yahweh forever. With my mouth, I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
- Gen 9:9–17“As for me, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring after you,
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