Nehemiah 1:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁵ and said, I beseech thee, O LORD, the God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ and said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ And I said, O Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God, Who keeps covenant, loving-kindness, and mercy for those who love Him and keep His commandments,

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ and said, I beseech thee, O Jehovah, the God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments:

Common English Bible

⁵ I said: “LORD God of heaven, great and awesome God, you are the one who keeps covenant and is truly faithful to those who love you and keep your commandments.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ And I said: "I beg you, O Lord, God of heaven, strong, great, and terrible, who keeps covenant and mercy with those who love you and who keep your commandments:

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ And I said: I beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, strong, great, and terrible, who keepest covenant and mercy with those that love thee and keep thy commandments:

Nehemiah 1:5 Cross References

1 Kings 8:23

and he said, O LORD, the God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath; who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants, that walk before thee with all their heart:

1 Chronicles 17:21

And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, to make thee a name by great and terrible things, in driving out nations from before thy people, which thou redeemedst out of Egypt?

Ezra 1:2

Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD, the God of heaven, given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

Nehemiah 2:4

Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.

Nehemiah 4:14

And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your houses.

Nehemiah 4:8

and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion therein.

Nehemiah 9:32

Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the travail seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers; and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.

Psalm 47:2

For the LORD Most High is terrible; He is a great King over all the earth.

Psalm 76:8

Thou didst cause sentence to be heard from heaven; The earth feared, and was still,

Psalm 89:2

For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever; Thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.

Psalm 89:3

I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant;

Psalm 89:8

O LORD God of hosts, Who is a mighty one, like unto thee, O jah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.

Exodus 20:6

and shewing mercy unto thousands, of them that love me and keep my commandments.

Deuteronomy 7:12

And it shall come to pass, because ye hearken to these judgements, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep with thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers:

Deuteronomy 7:21

Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is in the midst of thee, a great God and a terrible.

Deuteronomy 7:9

Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God; the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;