8You answered them, O LORD our God: you were a God that forgave them, though you took vengeance of their inventions.


In Context

5 Exalt you the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.

6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call on his name; they called on the LORD, and he answered them.

7 He spoke to them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.

8 You answered them, O LORD our God: you were a God that forgave them, though you took vengeance of their inventions.

9 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.

Psalm 99:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

99:8Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

99:8O Lord our God, you answered them; you were to Israel a forgiving God, though you punished their misdeeds.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

99:8Thou didst hear them, O Lord our God: thou wast a merciful God to them, and taking vengeance on all their inventions.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

99:8Thou answeredst them, O Jehovah our God: Thou wast a God that forgavest them, Though thou tookest vengeance of their doings.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

99:8Jehovah, our God, thou answeredst them: a forgiving God wast thou unto them, though thou tookest vengeance of their doings.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

99:8Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their doings.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

99:8Thou didst answer them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

99:8You answered them, Yahweh our God. You are a God who forgave them, although you took vengeance for their doings.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

99:8O Jehovah, our God, Thou hast afflicted them, A God forgiving Thou hast been to them, And taking vengeance on their actions.