Psalms 103:12

Psalms 103:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
• New International Version (NIV)as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
• English Standard Version (ESV)as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
• New King James Version (NKJV)As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.

Context of Psalms 103:12

10We should receive much punishment for the bad things that we do. But the Lord does not punish us so much. 11For people who worship him, his faithful love is very great. How far is the sky above the earth? His love is greater than that! How far is the east from the west? The Lord has taken our sins further away than that! He no longer says that we are guilty. 13As a father is kind to his children, the Lord is kind to us. He is kind to people who worship him. 14He knows that we are weak humans. He remembers that he used dust to make us.

Psalms 103:12 word by word

כִּרְחֹ֣ק מִ֭זְרָח מִֽמַּֽעֲרָ֑ב הִֽרְחִ֥יק מִ֝מֶּ֗נּוּ אֶת־פְּשָׁעֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• As far asרָחַקrâchaq · to removeH7368
• the eastמִזְרָחmizrâch · eastH4217
• is from the westמַעֲרָבma‛ărâb ma‛ărâbâh · westH4628
• our transgressionsפֶּ֫שַׁעpesha‛ · transgressionH6588

Cross-references for Psalms 103:12

• Psalms 50:1God, the great God, the Lord, is speaking. He is calling everybody on the earth, from where the sun rises in the east, to where it goes down in the west.
• Psalms 113:3The Lord deserves that people praise him, from where the sun rises in the east, to where it goes down in the west.
• Isaiah 45:6Then all over the world, from east to west, people will know that there is no other God. Yes, I am the Lord and there is nobody else like me.
• Isaiah 43:25But I am the one who removes your sins when you do not obey me. I, the Lord, do that, because of who I am. I do not hold your sins in my mind.
• Jeremiah 31:34‘Then people will not have to teach their friends or their family about me. They will all know me already. The important people and the ordinary people will all know me. I will forgive the wicked things that they have done. I will no longer think about their sins.’ That is what the Lord says.
• Jeremiah 50:20At that time, I will forgive the sins of my people. I have let a few people of Israel and Judah remain. And they will no longer be guilty of any sins.’ That is what the Lord says.
• Micah 7:18No other god is like you. You chose us to be your people. And you decide not to remember what we have done wrong. Not many of your people remain and we have done bad things. But you choose to forget those bad things. You will not always be angry, because you want very much to be kind.
• Hebrews 10:2If the old rules could do that, the priests would have stopped offering sacrifices. The people who came to worship God would have become completely clean once, for all time. They would no longer have trouble in their minds about their sins.
• 1 John 1:7But when we live in a right way, it is like living in the light. God is always in the light. So, if we live in the light, we share together in the life which God gives. And when Jesus, the Son of God, died on the cross, he saved us from all our sins. The blood of his sacrifice makes us clean.

Commentaries on Psalms 103:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12As far as the east is from the west - As the east and the west can never meet in one point, but be for ever at the same distance from each other, so our sins and their decreed punishment are removed to an eternal distance by his mercy.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12As far as the east is from the west - As far as possible; as far as we can imagine. These are the points in our apprehension most distant from each other, and as we can conceive nothing beyond them, so the meaning is, that we cannot imagine our sins could be more effectually removed than they are. The literal meaning of the Hebrew is, “like the distance of the east from the west” or, “like its being far.” So far hath he removed our transgressions from us…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-14Verses 6-14 Truly God is good to all: he is in a special manner good to Israel. He has revealed himself and his grace to them. By his ways we may understand his precepts, the ways he requires us to walk in; and his promises and purposes. He always has been full of compassion. How unlike are those to God, who take every occasion to chide, and never know when to cease! What would become of us, if God should deal so with us? The Scripture says a great deal…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-12God’s love and forgiveness have no limits and are complete.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. removed ... from us--so as no longer to affect our relations to Him.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Psalms 103

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings