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Abraham Justified by Faith

Romans 4:8

In 9 translations

BSB
Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him.”Psalms 32:1–2 (see also LXX)
KJV
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
WEB
Blessed is the man whom the Lord will by no means charge with sin.”
ASV
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not reckon sin.
LSV
Blessed [is] the man || To whom the LORD may not reckon sin.”
YLT
happy the man to whom the Lord may not reckon sin.'
DBY
blessed [the] man to whom [the] Lord shall not at all reckon sin.
DRC
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord hath not imputed sin.
GNV
Blessed is the man, to whom the Lord imputeth not sinne.

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

Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read οὗ (“of whom”); Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ᾧ (“to whom”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: οὗ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read οὗ; Robinson–Pierpont read ᾧ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
μακάριος ἀνὴρ οὗ οὐ μὴ λογίσηται κύριος ἁμαρτίαν.
RP2018
Μακάριος ἀνὴρ ᾧ οὐ μὴ λογίσηται κύριος ἁμαρτίαν.
TR-Boyd
Μακάριος ἀνὴρ ᾧ οὐ μὴ λογίσηται Κύριος ἁμαρτίαν.
SCR1894
μακαριος ανηρ ω ου μη λογισηται κυριος αμαρτιαν

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 32:2Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose spirit there is no deceit.
  • 1 Peter 2:24He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
  • 2 Corinthians 5:19–20that 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 3:18For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
  • Isaiah 53:10–12Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His…
  • Philemon 1:18–19But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge it to my account. I, Paul, write this with my own hand. I will repay it—not to mention that you owe me your very self.

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