King James Version
Exodus 34:6 in the King James Version says “And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering , and ab...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 34 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering , and abundant in goodness and truth,”
Exodus 34:6 · KJV
And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.
And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD.
And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering , and abundant in goodness and truth,
Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“passed by”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
“And the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“before him”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“and proclaimed”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
“And the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“And the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“God”
H410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the almighty (but used also of any deity)
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
“in goodness”
H2617kindness; by implication (towards god) piety; rarely (by opposition) reproof, or (subject.) beauty
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