Psalms 85:5
What does Psalms 85:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 85:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Will you go on being angry with us for ever? will you keep your wrath against us through all the long generations?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862To the age art Thou angry against us? Dost Thou draw out Thine anger To generation and generation?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752For thou, O Lord, art sweet and mild: and plenteous in mercy to all that call upon thee.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger from generation to generation?
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 74:1
O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
- Psalms 79:5
How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou be angry for ever? Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
- Isaiah 64:9
Be not wroth very sore, O Jehovah, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, look, we beseech thee, we are all thy people.
- Psalms 77:9
Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? [Selah
- Revelation 18:21
And a strong angel took up a stone as it were a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with a mighty fall shall Babylon, the great city, be cast down, and shall be found no more at all.
- Luke 21:24
And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led captive into all the nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
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