Psalms 130:4

KJV1611 – Modern English

But there is forgiveness with you, that you may be feared.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־עִמְּךָ֥ הַסְּלִיחָ֑ה לְ֝מַ֗עַן תִּוָּרֵֽא

Transliteration

For with ʿimməkā the səlîḥāh for ləmaʿan tiwwārēʾ

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *ʿimməkā*: preposition עִם with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - with you
• *hasəlîḥāh*: definite article + noun, feminine, singular - the forgiveness
• *ləmaʿan*: conjunction - in order that/for the purpose that
• *tiwwārēʾ*: imperfect verb, 2nd person masculine singular, niphal form - you may be feared

Word Meanings

• *səlîḥāh*: forgiveness/pardon
• *tiwwārēʾ*: feared/revered/held in awe

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  But there is forgiveness with thee, That thou mayest be feared.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But there is mercy with the, that thou mayest be feared.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  But mercie is with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For there is pardon of sinne with thee: that thou mayest be feared.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  But [there is] forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But there is forgiveness with you, Therefore you are feared.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  But with Thee `is' forgiveness, that Thou mayest be feared.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But there is forgiveness with thee, That thou mayest be feared.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But there is forgiveness with thee, That thou mayest be feared.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But there is forgiveness with you, so that you may be feared.

• World English Bible (2000)

  But there is forgiveness with you, therefore you are feared.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  But you are willing to forgive, so that you might be honored.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 33:8-9 : 8 And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned and transgressed against me. 9 And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honor before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do for them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I provide to it.
• Isa 55:7 : 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
• 1 Kgs 8:39-40 : 39 Then hear in heaven your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart you know; (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of men;) 40 That they may fear you all the days that they live in the land which you gave to our fathers.
• Dan 9:9 : 9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiveness, though we have rebelled against Him;
• Ps 86:5 : 5 For You, Lord, are good and ready to forgive, and abundant in mercy to all them that call upon You.
• Ps 103:2-3 : 2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His benefits: 3 Who forgives all your iniquities; who heals all your diseases;
• Isa 1:18 : 18 Come now, and let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
• Ps 2:11-12 : 11 Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. 12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
• Ps 25:11 : 11 For Your name's sake, O LORD, pardon my iniquity, for it is great.
• Jer 31:34 : 34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
• Exod 34:5-7 : 5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. 6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth," 7 "Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and by no means clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation."
• Hos 3:5 : 5 Afterward, the children of Israel shall return, and seek the LORD their God and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the last days.
• Mic 7:18-20 : 18 Who is a God like you, that pardons iniquity, and passes by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in mercy. 19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. 20 You will perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
• Acts 9:31 : 31 Then the churches throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.
• Rom 8:1 : 1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
• 2 Cor 5:19 : 19 That is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not counting their sins against them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.
• Eph 1:7 : 7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace;
• Col 1:14 : 14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins:
• 2 Tim 2:19 : 19 Nevertheless, the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: "The Lord knows those who are His," and, "Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity."
• Heb 12:24-28 : 24 To Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel. 25 See that you do not refuse him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from him who speaks from heaven: 26 Whose voice then shook the earth; but now he has promised, saying, "Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven." 27 And this phrase, "Yet once more," indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain. 28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: