Micah 7:18 
Context| NET © | There is no other God like you! 1 You 2 forgive sin and pardon 3 the rebellion of those who remain among your people. 4 You do not remain angry forever, 5 but delight in showing loyal love. |
| NIV © | Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry for ever but delight to show mercy. |
| NASB © | Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity And passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His possession? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in unchanging love. |
| NLT © | Where is another God like you, who pardons the sins of the survivors among his people? You cannot stay angry with your people forever, because you delight in showing mercy. |
| MSG © | Where is the god who can compare with you--wiping the slate clean of guilt, Turning a blind eye, a deaf ear, to the past sins of your purged and precious people? You don't nurse your anger and don't stay angry long, for mercy is your specialty. That's what you love most. |
| BBE © | Who is a God like you, offering forgiveness for evil-doing and overlooking the sins of the rest of his heritage? he does not keep his wrath for ever, because his delight is in mercy. |
| NRSV © | Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of your possession? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in showing clemency. |
| NKJV © | Who is a God like You, Pardoning iniquity And passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in mercy. |
| KJV | |
| NASB © | Who <04310> is a God <0410> like <03644> You, who pardons <05375> iniquity <05771> And passes <05674> over <05921> the rebellious <06588> act <06588> of the remnant <07611> of His possession <05159> ? He does not retain <02388> His anger <0639> forever <05703> , Because <03588> He delights <02654> in unchanging <02617> love .<02617> |
| HEBREW | |
| LXXM | |
| NET © [draft] ITL | There is no <04310> other God <0410> like <03644> you! You forgive <05375> sin <05771> and pardon <05674> the rebellion <06588> of those who remain <07611> among your people <05159> . You do not <03808> remain angry <0639> forever <05703> , but <03588> delight <02654> in showing <02388> <05159> loyal love .<02617> |
| NET © | There is no other God like you! 1 You 2 forgive sin and pardon 3 the rebellion of those who remain among your people. 4 You do not remain angry forever, 5 but delight in showing loyal love. |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “Who is a God like you?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “No one!” 2 tn Heb “one who.” The prayer moves from direct address (second person) in v. 18a to a descriptive (third person) style in vv. 18b-19a and then back to direct address (second person) in vv. 19b-20. Due to considerations of English style and the unfamiliarity of the modern reader with alternation of persons in Hebrew poetry, the entire section has been rendered as direct address (second person) in the translation. 3 tn Heb “pass over.” 4 tn Heb “of the remnant of his inheritance.” 5 tn Heb “he does not keep hold of his anger forever.” |
