Psalms 103 · Verse 12

Psalms 103:12

As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
Psalms 103:12, King James Version

Psalms 103:12 in other translations

BSBAs far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
WEBAs far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
ASVAs far as the east is from the west, So far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
YLTAs the distance of east from west He hath put far from us our transgressions.
DARBYAs far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
BBEAs far as the east is from the west, so far has he put our sins from us.
WebsterAs far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

What does Psalms 103:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
12. removed ... from us--so as no longer to affect our relations to Him.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 As far as the east is from the west - As the east and the west can never meet in one point, but be for ever at the same distance from each other, so our sins and their decreed punishment are removed to an eternal distance by his mercy.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 103:6-14

Truly God is good to all: he is in a special manner good to Israel. He has revealed himself and his grace to them. By his ways we may understand his precepts, the ways he requires us to walk in; and his promises and purposes. He always has been full of compassion. How unlike are those to God, who take every occasion to chide, and never know when to cease! What would become of us, if God should deal so with us? The…

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Psalms 103:12 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.

כִּרְחֹ֣קkir.Chokas is far awayH7368
מִ֭זְרָחMiz.rocheastH4217
מִֽמַּֽעֲרָ֑בmi.ma.'a.Ravfrom westH4628
הִֽרְחִ֥יקhir.Chikhe has removed far awayH7368
מִ֝מֶּ֗נּוּmi.Me.nufrom usH4480
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
פְּשָׁעֵֽינוּ\׃pe.sha.'Ei.nutransgressions ourH6588

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

Cross references for Psalms 103:12

  • Isaiah 43:25

    I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

  • 1 John 1:7

    But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

  • Micah 7:18

    Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

  • Isaiah 38:17

    Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

  • Jeremiah 31:34

    And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

  • Hebrews 10:2

    For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.

  • 2 Samuel 12:13

    And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.

  • Jeremiah 50:20

    In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.

  • Isaiah 45:6

    That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the Lord, and there is none else.

  • Psalms 113:3

    From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord’s name is to be praised.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
as the east.
50:1; 113:3; Isa 45:6
so far.
Isa 43:25; Jer 31:34; 50:20; Mic 7:18; Heb 10:2; 1Jo 1:7

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

Context

  • Psalms 103:11

    For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

  • Psalms 103:12

    As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

  • Psalms 103:13

    Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

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Psalms 103:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Cuanto está lejos el oriente del occidente, hizo alejar de nosotros nuestras rebeliones.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Autant l’orient est loin de l’occident, autant il a éloigné de nous nos transgressions.
German
Elberfelder 1871		So weit der Osten ist vom Westen, hat er von uns entfernt unsere Übertretungen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Super ea volucres cæli habitabunt; de medio petrarum dabunt voces.