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Romans 4:7

"BLESSED and HAPPY and FAVORED ARE THOSE WHOSE LAWLESS ACTS HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN, AND WHOSE SINS HAVE BEEN COVERED UP and COMPLETELY BURIED.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abraham;   Bigotry;   Catholicity;   Faith;   Justification;   Quotations and Allusions;   Salvation;   Sin;   Works;   Scofield Reference Index - Forgiveness;   Grace;   The Topic Concordance - Blessings;   Forgiveness;   Sin;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Blessed, the;   Justification before God;   Pardon;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Blessing;   Justification;   Law;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Blessing;   Death of Christ;   Genesis, Theology of;   Lawlessness;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Imputation;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Justification;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Impute;   Justification;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Blessing and Cursing;   Church;   Impute, Imputation;   Justification;   Old Testament Quotations in the New Testament;   Romans, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Grace;   Hebrews, Epistle to;   Justification, Justify;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Blessedness;   Forgiveness;   Justification (2);   Law;   Romans Epistle to the;   Sin (2);   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Impute;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Justification;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Galatians, Epistle to the;   Justification;   Psalms, Book of;   Quotations, New Testament;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Saul of Tarsus;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
"It is a great blessing when people are forgiven for the wrongs they have done, when their sins are erased!
Revised Standard Version
"Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered;
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Blessed are they whose vnrightewesnes are forgeven and whose synnes are covered.
Hebrew Names Version
"Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, Whose sins are covered.
International Standard Version
"How blessed are those whose iniquities are forgivenPsalm 32:1-2;">[xr] and whose sins are covered!
New American Standard Bible
"BLESSED ARE THOSE WHOSE LAWLESS DEEDS HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN, AND WHOSE SINS HAVE BEEN COVERED.
New Century Version
"Blessed are they whose sins are forgiven, whose wrongs are pardoned.
Update Bible Version
[saying], Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, And whose sins are covered.
Webster's Bible Translation
[Saying], Blessed [are] they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
English Standard Version
"Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered;
World English Bible
"Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, Whose sins are covered.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Happy are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered;
Weymouth's New Testament
"Blessed," he says, "are those whose iniquities have been forgiven, and whose sins have been covered over.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Blessid ben thei, whos wickidnessis ben foryouun, and whos synnes ben hid.
English Revised Version
saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, And whose sins are covered.
Berean Standard Bible
"Blessed are those whose lawless acts are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
Contemporary English Version
"God blesses people whose sins are forgiven and whose evil deeds are forgotten.
American Standard Version
saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, And whose sins are covered.
Bible in Basic English
Happy are those who have forgiveness for their wrongdoing, and whose sins are covered.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Blessed are those whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered over;
Darby Translation
Blessed [they] whose lawlessnesses have been forgiven, and whose sins have been covered:
Etheridge Translation
Blessed are they whose iniquity is forgiven, And whose sins are covered.
Murdock Translation
saying: Blessed are they, whose iniquity is forgiven, and whose sins are covered up:
King James Version (1611)
Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiuen, and whose sinnes are couered.
New Living Translation
"Oh, what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sins are put out of sight.
New Life Bible
"Those people are happy whose sinful acts are forgiven and whose sins are covered.
New Revised Standard
"Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered;
Geneva Bible (1587)
Blessed are they, whose iniquities are forgiuen, and whose sinnes are couered.
George Lamsa Translation
Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are wiped away.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Happy, they whose lawlessnesses have been forgiven and whose sins have been covered,
Douay-Rheims Bible
Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven: and whose sins are covered.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Blessed are they whose vnrighteousnesse are forgeuen, & whose sinnes are couered.
Good News Translation
"Happy are those whose wrongs are forgiven, whose sins are pardoned!
Christian Standard Bible®
Blessed are those whose lawless acts are forgivenand whose sins are covered.
King James Version
Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
Lexham English Bible
"Blessed are they whose lawless deeds have been forgiven, and whose sins are covered over.
Literal Translation
"Blessed are those whose lawlessnesses are forgiven, and whose sins are covered;
Young's Literal Translation
`Happy they whose lawless acts were forgiven, and whose sins were covered;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Blessed are they, whose vnrighteousnesses are forgeuen, and whose synnes are couered.
Mace New Testament (1729)
" happy are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
New English Translation
" Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered;
New King James Version
"Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, And whose sins are covered;
Simplified Cowboy Version
"Blessed are them whose screwups are forgotten, whose sins are forgiven.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"BLESSED ARE THOSE WHOSE LAWLESS DEEDS HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN, AND WHOSE SINS HAVE BEEN COVERED.
Legacy Standard Bible
"Blessed are those whose lawless deeds have been forgiven,And whose sins have been covered.

Contextual Overview

1What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather humanly speaking, has found? [Has he obtained a favored standing?] 2For if Abraham was justified [that is, acquitted from the guilt of his sins] by works [those things he did that were good], he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3For what does the Scripture say? "ABRAHAM BELIEVED IN (trusted, relied on) GOD, AND IT WAS CREDITED TO HIS ACCOUNT AS RIGHTEOUSNESS (right living, right standing with God)." 4Now to a laborer, his wages are not credited as a favor or a gift, but as an obligation [something owed to him]. 5But to the one who does not work [that is, the one who does not try to earn his salvation by doing good], but believes and completely trusts in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited to him as righteousness (right standing with God). 6And in this same way David speaks of the blessing on the one to whom God credits righteousness apart from works: 7"BLESSED and HAPPY and FAVORED ARE THOSE WHOSE LAWLESS ACTS HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN, AND WHOSE SINS HAVE BEEN COVERED UP and COMPLETELY BURIED.8"BLESSED and HAPPY and FAVORED IS THE MAN WHOSE SIN THE LORD WILL NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT nor CHARGE AGAINST HIM."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Psalms 32:1, Psalms 32:2, Psalms 51:8, Psalms 51:9, Psalms 85:2, Psalms 130:3, Psalms 130:4, Isaiah 40:1, Isaiah 40:2, Jeremiah 33:8, Jeremiah 33:9, Micah 7:18-20, Matthew 9:2, Luke 7:47-50

Reciprocal: Genesis 28:4 - the blessing Exodus 34:7 - forgiving Numbers 22:12 - for they Numbers 23:21 - hath not Romans 7:17 - it is no more Romans 8:1 - no 1 John 2:12 - your

Cross-References

Genesis 3:16
To the woman He said, "I will greatly multiply Your pain in childbirth; In pain you will give birth to children; Yet your desire and longing will be for your husband, And he will rule [with authority] over you and be responsible for you."
Genesis 4:6
And the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you so angry? And why do you look annoyed?
Genesis 4:8
Cain talked with Abel his brother [about what God had said]. And when they were [alone, working] in the field, Cain attacked Abel his brother and killed him.
Genesis 4:9
Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" And he [lied and] said, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?"
Genesis 4:10
The LORD said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's [innocent] blood is crying out to Me from the ground [for justice].
Genesis 4:11
"And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's [shed] blood from your hand.
Genesis 4:12
"When you cultivate the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength [it will resist producing good crops] for you; you shall be a fugitive and a vagabond [roaming aimlessly] on the earth [in perpetual exile without a home, a degraded outcast]."
Genesis 4:13
Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Genesis 19:21
And the angel said to him, "Behold, I grant you this request also; I will not destroy this town of which you have spoken.
Numbers 32:23
"But if you do not do this, behold, you will have sinned against the LORD; and be sure that your sin will find you out.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Saying, blessed are they,.... These words are cited from

Psalms 32:1, and contain the proof of the happiness of justified persons. In this citation the singular number is changed into the plural, to take in all sorts of men, Jews and Gentiles, and very agreeably to the sense of the original; for the word אשרי may be rendered "blessed are they", or, "O the blessednesses"; that is, of everyone of them,

whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered: such whom God justifies by imputing the righteousness of his Son to them, he removes their iniquities from them, which is meant by their being "forgiven", and that "as far as the east is from the west", Psalms 103:12; he casts them behind his back, Isaiah 38:17, and into the depths of the sea, Micah 7:19, so that they shall never be found more: such whom he clothes with the robe of righteousness, and garments of salvation,

Isaiah 61:10, "their sins are covered"; from the eye of divine justice, and shall never be seen more, or be brought against them to their condemnation, and therefore must be happy persons. The e Jews tell us, that

"on the day of atonement Satan comes to accuse Israel, and he particularizes their sins, and the holy blessed God he particularizes their good works, and takes a pair of balances, and puts their sins against their good works, and weighs the one against the other; and when the two scales of the balances are alike, Satan goes to bring in other sins to overweigh; what does the holy blessed God do? he takes the sins out of the scale, and hides them שלו

תחת פורפירי, "under his purple garment"; and when Satan comes and finds no iniquity there, as it is said "the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none", Jeremiah 50:20; and when Satan sees this, he says before him, Lord of the world, "thou hast taken away the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin", Psalms 85:2. Selah.''

The purple garment they explain by מלבוש של רחמים שלו, "his garment of mercy"; which is true of the mercy of God covering the sins of his people, through the purple blood of his Son; which is the purple covering of Christ, Song of Solomon 3:10, under which the saints go safe to glory, and by which blood their crimson and scarlet sins are blotted out, so as never to be seen more.

e Caphtor, fol. 59. 1, 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Blessed - Happy are they: they are highly favored; see the note at Matthew 5:3.

Whose sins are covered - Are concealed; or hidden from the view. On which God will no more look, and which he will no more remember. “By these words,” says Calvin (in loco), “we are taught that justification with Paul is nothing else but pardon of sin.” The word “cover” here has no reference to the atonement, but is expressive of hiding, or concealing that is, of forgiving sin.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Romans 4:7. Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven — That is, the man is truly happy whose iniquities αιανομιαι, whose transgressions of the law are forgiven; for by these he was exposed to the most grievous punishment. Whose sins, αιαμαρτιαι, his innumerable deviations from the strict rule of truth and righteousness, are covered-entirely removed out of sight, and thrown into oblivion. See the meaning of the word sin in Clarke's note on "Genesis 13:13".


 
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