Exodus 34:7
Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
Exodus 34:7 in other translations
| BSB | maintaining loving devotion to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers on their children and grandchildren to the third and fourth generations.” |
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| WEB | keeping loving kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and disobedience and sin; and who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the children’s children, on the third and on the fourth generation.” |
| ASV | keeping lovingkindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin; and that will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation. |
| YLT | keeping kindness for thousands, taking away iniquity, and transgression, and sin, and not entirely acquitting, charging iniquity of fathers on children, and on children's children, on a third generation, and on a fourth.' |
| DARBY | keeping mercy unto thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but by no means clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation. |
| BBE | Having mercy on thousands, overlooking evil and wrongdoing and sin; he will not let wrongdoers go free, but will send punishment on children for the sins of their fathers, and on their children's children to the third and fourth generation. |
| Webster | Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, to the third and to the fourth generation. |
What does Exodus 34:7 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 34:5-9
The Lord descended by some open token of his presence and manifestation of his glory in a cloud, and thence proclaimed his NAME; that is, the perfections and character which are denoted by the name JEHOVAH. The Lord God is merciful; ready to forgive the sinner, and to relieve the needy. Gracious; kind, and ready to bestow undeserved benefits. Long-suffering; slow to anger, giving time for repentance, only punishing…
Exodus 34:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 34:7
- Exodus 20:5-6
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
- Psalms 103:3
Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
- Deuteronomy 5:9-10
Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
- Ephesians 1:7
In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
- 1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
- Nahum 1:2-3
God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth; the Lord revengeth, and is furious; the Lord will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
- Numbers 14:18-23
The Lord is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. 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. And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to thy word: But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord. …
- Jeremiah 32:18
Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the Lord of hosts, is his name,
- Psalms 130:4
But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
- Daniel 9:9
To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
- Job 10:14
If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.
- Ephesians 4:32
And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
20:6; De 5:10; Ne 1:5; 9:32; Ps 86:15; Jer 32:18; Da 9:4
forgiving.
Ps 103:3; 130:4; Da 9:9; Mic 7:18; Mt 6:14,15; 12:31; 18:32-35
Lu 7:42,48; Ac 5:31; 13:38; Ro 4:7,8; Eph 1:7; 4:32; 1Jo 1:9
that will by no means clear the guilty.The Hebrew {nakkeh lo yenakkeh,} has been rendered "Acquitting him who is not innocent." Nothing can more strongly express the goodness of God to frail mortals than this declaration, "which has been misunderstood and misinterpreted by all our translators."
23:7,21; Nu 14:18-23; De 32:35; Jos 24:19; Job 10:14; Ps 9:16,17
Ps 11:5,6; 58:10,11; 136:10,15; Isa 45:21; Mic 6:11; Na 1:2,3,6
Ro 2:4-9; 3:19-26; 9:22,23; Heb 12:29; Re 20:15; 21:8
visiting.
20:5,6
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Context
- Exodus 34:6
And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
- Exodus 34:7
Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
- Exodus 34:8
And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.
Exodus 34:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Que guarda la misericordia en millares, que perdona la iniquidad, la rebelión, y el pecado, y que de ningún modo justificará al malvado; que visita la iniquidad de los padres sobre los hijos y sobre los hijos de los hijos, sobre los terceros, y sobre los cuartos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | gardant la bonté envers des milliers de générations, pardonnant l’iniquité, la transgression et le péché, et qui ne tient nullement celui qui en est coupable pour innocent, qui visite l’iniquité des pères sur les fils, et sur les fils des fils, sur la troisième et sur la quatrième génération! |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | der Güte bewahrt auf Tausende hin der Ungerechtigkeit, Übertretung und Sünde vergibt, -aber keineswegs hält er für schuldlos den Schuldigen, -der die Ungerechtigkeit der Väter heimsucht an den Kindern und Kindeskindern, am dritten und am vierten Gliede. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | qui custodis misericordiam in millia; qui aufers iniquitatem, et scelera, atque peccata, nullusque apud te per se innocens est; qui reddis iniquitatem patrum filiis, ac nepotibus in tertiam et quartam progeniem. |