Psalms 103:12

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For as the heaven is high above the earth, [so] great is his mercy toward them that fear him.	As far as the east is from the west, [so] far hath he removed our transgressions from us.	Like as a father pitieth [his] children, [so] the LORD pitieth them that fear him.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

As far as^H7368 the east^H4217 is from the west^H4628, so far hath he removed^H7368 our transgressions^H6588 from us.

Original Hebrew

כִּרְחֹק מִזְרָח מִמַּעֲרָב הִרְחִיק מִמֶּנּוּ אֶת־פְּשָׁעֵינוּ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּ/רְחֹ֣ק	ki/r.Chok	H7368	HR/Vqc	as/ is far away
מִ֭זְרָח	Miz.roch	H4217	HNcmsa	east
מִֽ/מַּֽעֲרָ֑ב	mi./ma.'a.Rav	H4628	HR/Ncmsa	from/ west
הִֽרְחִ֥יק	hir.Chik	H7368	HVhp3ms	he has removed far away
מִ֝מֶּ֗/נּוּ	mi.Me./nu	H4480	HR/Sp1cp	from/ us
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
פְּשָׁעֵֽי/נוּ	pe.sha.'Ei./nu	H6588	HNcmpc/Sp1cp	transgressions/ our

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H4217 — מִזְרָח (mizrâch, miz-rawkh'): from זָרַח; sunrise, i.e. the east; east (side, -ward), (sun-) rising (of the sun).
H4628 — מַעֲרָב (maʻărâb, mah-ar-awb'): or (feminine) מַעֲרָבָה; from עָרַב, in the sense of shading; the west (as a region of the evening sun); west.
H6588 — פֶּשַׁע (peshaʻ, peh'-shah): from פָּשַׁע; a revolt (national, moral or religious); rebellion, sin, transgression, trespass.
H7368 — רָחַק (râchaq, raw-khak'): a primitive root; to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively, of place or relation); (a-, be, cast, drive, get, go, keep (self), put, remove, be too, (wander), withdraw) far (away, off), loose, [idiom] refrain, very, (be) a good way (off).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
H4480 — מִן (min, min): or מִנִּי; or מִנֵּי; (constructive plural) (Isaiah 30:11); for מֵן; properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses; above, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

as the east — Psalms 50:1, Psalms 113:3, Isaiah 45:6
so far — Isaiah 43:25, Jeremiah 31:34, Jeremiah 50:20, Micah 7:18, Hebrews 10:2, 1 John 1:7

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