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Berean Standard Bible

“‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’”

Numbers 14:18

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After the spies' report Israel rebels, and God threatens to strike them down. Moses intercedes by appealing to the very words God spoke to him at Sinai about his own character.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’

World English Bible (WEB)

‘Yahweh is slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, forgiving iniquity and disobedience; and he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and on the fourth generation.’

King James Version (KJV)

The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.

American Standard Version (ASV)

Jehovah is slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; and that will by no means clear [the guilty], visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

The Lord is slow to wrath and great in mercy, overlooking wrongdoing and evil, and will not let wrongdoers go free; sending punishment on children for the sins of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Jehová, tardo de ira y grande en misericordia, que perdona la iniquidad y la rebelión, y absolviendo no absolverá al culpado; que visita la maldad de los padres sobre los hijos hasta los terceros y hasta los cuartos.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

misericordia y gran paciencia perdonando nuestros pecados. Perdónanos aun cuando dijiste que no dejarías pecado sin castigo, y que castigas las faltas del padre en los hijos hasta la tercera y cuarta generación.

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