Daniel 9 · Verse 19

Daniel 9:19

O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
Daniel 9:19, King James Version

Daniel 9:19 in other translations

BSBO Lord, listen! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, hear and act! For Your sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people bear Your name.”
WEBLord, hear. Lord, forgive. Lord, listen and do. Don’t defer, for your own sake, my God, because your city and your people are called by your name.”
ASVO Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God, because thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
YLTO lord, hear, O Lord, forgive; O Lord, attend and do; do not delay, for Thine own sake, O my God, for Thy name is called on Thy city, and on Thy people.'
DARBYLord, hear! Lord, forgive! Lord, hearken and do! defer not, for thine own sake, O my God! for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
BBEO Lord, give ear; O Lord, have forgiveness; O Lord, take note and do; let there be no more waiting; for the honour of your name, O my God, because your town and your people are named by your name.
WebsterO Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thy own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.

What does Daniel 9:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
19. The short broken ejaculations and repetitions show the intense fervor of his supplications. defer not--He implies that the seventy years are now all but complete. thine own sake--often repeated, as being the strongest plea (Jr 14:21).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 19 Thy city and thy people are called by thy name - The holy city, the city of the great King. I think it scarcely possible for any serious man to read these impressive and pleading words without feeling a measure of the prophet's earnestness.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Daniel 9:4-19

In every prayer we must make confession, not only of the sins we have been guilty of, but of our faith in God, and dependence upon him, our sorrow for sin, and our resolutions against it. It must be our confession, the language of our convictions. Here is Daniel's humble, serious, devout address to God; in which he gives glory to him as a God to be feared, and as a God to be trusted. We should, in prayer, look both…

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Daniel 9:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֲדֹנָ֤י\׀'a.do.NaiO LordH136
שְׁמָ֙עָה֙she.Ma.'ahhear !H8085
אֲדֹנָ֣י\׀'a.do.NaiO LordH136
סְלָ֔חָהse.La.chahforgive !H5545
אֲדֹנָ֛י'a.do.NaiO LordH136
הַֽקֲשִׁ֥יבָהha.ka.Shi.vahbe attentive !H7181
וַעֲשֵׂ֖הva.'a.Sehand actH6213
אַל\־'al-may notH408
תְּאַחַ֑רte.'a.Charyou delayH309
לְמַֽעֲנְךָ֣le.ma.'an.Khafor own sake yourH4616
אֱלֹהַ֔י'e.lo.HaiO God myH430
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
שִׁמְךָ֣shim.Khaname yourH8034
נִקְרָ֔אnik.Ra'it is calledH7121
עַל\־'al-onH5921
עִירְךָ֖'i.re.Khacity yourH5892
וְעַל\־ve.'al-and onH5921
עַמֶּֽךָ\׃'a.Me.khapeople yourH5971

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Daniel 9:19

  • Daniel 9:18

    O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.

  • Jeremiah 14:9

    Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not.

  • Numbers 14:19

    Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.

  • 2 Chronicles 6:25-30

    Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers. When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them; Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance. If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be: …

  • Ephesians 1:12

    That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.

  • Luke 11:8

    I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.

  • Amos 7:2

    And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord God, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

  • Jeremiah 14:7

    O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.

  • Ephesians 3:10

    To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,

  • Ezekiel 20:9

    But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt.

  • Ephesians 1:6

    To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

  • Ezekiel 39:25

    Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
O Lord, forgive.
Nu 14:19; 1Ki 8:30-39; 2Ch 6:21,25-30,39; Am 7:2; Lu 11:8
defer.
Ps 44:23-26; 74:9-11; 79:5; 85:5,6; 102:13,14; Isa 64:9-12
thine.
Ps 79:8-10; 102:15,16; 115:1,2; Jer 14:7,20,21; Eze 20:9,14,22
Eze 36:22; 39:25; Eph 1:6,12; 3:10
for thy.
18; Ps 79:6; Isa 63:16-19; Jer 14:9; 25:29

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Daniel 9:18

    O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.

  • Daniel 9:19

    O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.

  • Daniel 9:20

    And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God;

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Daniel 9:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Oye, Señor; oh Señor, perdona; presta oído, Señor, y haz; no pongas dilación, por amor de ti mismo, Dios mío: porque tu nombre es llamado sobre tu ciudad y sobre tu pueblo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Seigneur, écoute; Seigneur, pardonne; Seigneur, sois attentif et agis; ne tarde pas, à cause de toi-même, mon Dieu; car ta ville et ton peuple sont appelés de ton nom.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Herr, höre! Herr, vergib! Herr, merke auf und handle; zögere nicht, um deiner selbst willen, mein Gott! denn deine Stadt und dein Volk sind nach deinem Namen genannt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Exaudi, Domine; placare Domine: attende et fac: ne moreris propter temetipsum, Deus meus, quia nomen tuum invocatum est super civitatem et super populum tuum.