King James Version
Hebrews 8:12 in the King James Version says “For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.” — study this verse from Hebrews chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.”
Hebrews 8:12 · KJV
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: put: Gr. give in: or, upon
And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest .
For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“merciful”
G2436cheerful (as attractive), i.e., propitious; adverbially (by hebraism) god be gracious!, i.e., (in averting some calamity) far be it
“unrighteousness”
G93(legal) injustice (properly, the quality, by implication, the act); morally, wrongfulness (of character, life or act)
“their”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“their”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“their”
G846the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative g1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
(adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas g3756 expects an affirmative one)) whether
“will I remember”
G3415to bear in mind, i.e., recollect; by implication, to reward or punish
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