Daniel 9:16
in Daniel 9O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all around us.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, let thine anger and thy wrath, I pray thee, be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are round about us.
KJV
O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.
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This verse in Daniel 9
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
O Lord, according to all thy righteousness - The word righteousness here seems to refer to all that was excellent and glorious in the character of God. The eye of Daniel is fixed upon what he had formerly done; upon his character of justice, and mercy, and goodness; upon the faithfulness of God to his people, and, in view of all that was excellent and lovely in his character, he pleaded that he would interpose and turn away his anger from his people now.
This site's exposition
brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt
on Daniel 9:15-19
The appeal turns to plea, grounded in the Exodus itself, the Lord who brought his people out of Egypt with a mighty hand and gotten himself renown, asked now to act again for his own name's sake rather than for any righteousness of theirs. It rises to the fourfold cry of verse nineteen, O Lord, hear, O Lord, forgive, O Lord, hearken and do, which the older writers set beside Moses' intercession at the golden calf as one of Scripture's great pleadings for a whole nation. Daniel asks nothing on the ground of merit, we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies, the confession's own last word before the answer comes.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
If ever thou wilt do any thing for me, do this; it is my heart's desire and prayer. Now therefore, O our God! hear the prayer of thy servant and his supplication (
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), that is, plead for us against our persecutors and oppressors according to thy righteousness. Though we are ourselves unrighteous before God, yet with reference to them we have a righteous cause, which we leave it with the righteous God to appear in the defence of." Or, rather, by the righteousness of God here is meant his faithfulness to his promise.
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O Lord, according to all thy righteousness,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
thy righteousness--not stern justice in punishing, but Thy faithfulness to Thy promises of mercy to them who trust in Thee (Ps 31:1; 143:1). thy city--chosen as Thine in the election of grace, which changes not. for . . . iniquities of . . . fathers-- (Ex 20:5).
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The words behind it
20 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֲדֹנָ֗י | ʾadonai | O Lord | H136 → | 440 times |
| כְּכָל־ | kekhol- | according to all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| צִדְקֹתֶ֙ךָ֙ | tzidkotecha | righteousness<es> your | H6666 → | 157 times |
| יָֽשָׁב־ | yashov- | may it turn back | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| נָ֤א | na' | please | H4994 → | |
| אַפְּךָ֙ | ʾapekha | anger your | H639 → | |
| וַחֲמָ֣תְךָ֔ | vachamatekha | and rage your | H2534 → | 125 times |
| מֵעִֽירְךָ֥ | meirekha | from city your | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם | yerushalim | Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| הַר־ | har- | [the] mountain of | H2022 → | 546 times |
| קָדְשֶׁ֑ךָ | kodshecha | holiness your | H6944 → | 469 times |
| כִּ֤י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| בַחֲטָאֵ֙ינוּ֙ | vachataeinu | by sins our | H2399 → | |
| וּבַעֲוֹנ֣וֹת | uvaavonot | and by [the] iniquities of | H5771 → | 233 times |
| אֲבֹתֵ֔ינוּ | ʾavoteinu | ancestors our | H1 → | 1212 times |
| יְרוּשָׁלִַ֧ם | yerushalim | Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| וְעַמְּךָ֛ | veamekha | and people your | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| לְחֶרְפָּ֖ה | lecherpah | [have become] <into> a reproach | H2781 → | 73 times |
| לְכָל־ | lekhol | to all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| סְבִיבֹתֵֽינוּ׃ | sevivoteinu | around us | H5439 → |
אֲדֹנָ֗יO Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →440 times
כְּכָל־according to all
kekhol-H3605 →5413 times
צִדְקֹתֶ֙ךָ֙righteousness<es> your
tzidkotechaH6666 →157 times
יָֽשָׁב־may it turn back
yashov-H7725 →1056 times
נָ֤אplease
na'H4994 →
אַפְּךָ֙anger your
ʾapekhaH639 →
וַחֲמָ֣תְךָ֔and rage your
vachamatekhaH2534 →125 times
מֵעִֽירְךָ֥from city your
meirekhaH5892 →1090 times
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םJerusalem
yerushalimH3389 →643 times
הַר־[the] mountain of
har-H2022 →546 times
קָדְשֶׁ֑ךָholiness your
kodshechaH6944 →469 times
כִּ֤יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
בַחֲטָאֵ֙ינוּ֙by sins our
vachataeinuH2399 →
וּבַעֲוֹנ֣וֹתand by [the] iniquities of
uvaavonotH5771 →233 times
אֲבֹתֵ֔ינוּancestors our
ʾavoteinuH1 →1212 times
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֧םJerusalem
yerushalimH3389 →643 times
וְעַמְּךָ֛and people your
veamekhaH5971 →1873 times
לְחֶרְפָּ֖ה[have become] <into> a reproach
lecherpahH2781 →73 times
לְכָל־to all
lekholH3605 →5413 times
סְבִיבֹתֵֽינוּ׃around us
sevivoteinuH5439 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 31:1In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame; save me by Your righteousness.
it leads to
- Romans 10:11
It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
- Psalms 25:2
in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.
- Psalms 71:1–3
In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; let me never be put to shame.
- Psalms 22:4–5
In You our fathers trusted; they trusted and You delivered them.
- Psalms 143:1
O LORD, hear my prayer. In Your faithfulness, give ear to my plea; in Your righteousness, answer me.
- Romans 10:11
Through
Daniel 9:20While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God concerning His holy mountain—
it leads to
- Psalms 145:18
The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.
- Daniel 9:3–4
So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
- Romans 3:23
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
- Psalms 145:18
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentary on the Prophet Daniel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.