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The Joy of Forgiveness

Psalms 32:2

In 11 translations

BSB
Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose spirit there is no deceit.LXX Blessed is the man whose sin the LORD does not count against him; cited in Romans 4:8
KJV
Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
WEB
Blessed is the man to whom Yahweh doesn’t impute iniquity, in whose spirit there is no deceit.
ASV
Blessed is the man unto whom Jehovah imputeth not iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no guile.
LSV
O the blessedness of a man, || To whom YHWH does not impute iniquity, || And in whose spirit there is no deceit.
YLT
O the happiness of a man, To whom Jehovah imputeth not iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit.
DBY
Blessed is the man unto whom Jehovah reckoneth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile!
DRC31:2
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord hath not imputed sin, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
GNV
Blessed is the man, vnto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquitie, and in whose spirite there is no guile.
JPS
Happy is the man unto whom the LORD counteth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
LXXE31:2
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin, and in whose mouth there is no guile.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
אַ֥שְֽׁרֵי אָדָ֗ם לֹ֤א יַחְשֹׁ֬ב יְהוָ֣ה ל֣וֹ עָוֺ֑ן וְאֵ֖ין בְּרוּח֣וֹ רְמִיָּה׃BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.
LXX-Br31:2
Μακάριος ἀνὴρ ᾧ οὐ μὴ λογίσηται Κύριος ἁμαρτίαν, οὐδέ ἐστιν ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτοῦ δόλος.

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  • John 1:47When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
  • Revelation 14:5And no lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.
  • 2 Corinthians 5:19–21that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation. Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were…
  • 1 Peter 2:1–2Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander. Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
  • Leviticus 17:4instead of bringing it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to present it as an offering to the LORD before His tabernacle—that man shall incur bloodguilt. He has shed blood and must be cut off from among his people.
  • 2 Corinthians 1:12And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace…
  • Romans 5:13For sin was in the world before the law was given; but sin is not taken into account when there is no law.

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  • 31:2 in some Bibles
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