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Brenton's Septuagint

Psalms 106:31

And it was counted to him for righteousness, to all generations for ever.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Obedience;   Works;   Zeal, Religious;   The Topic Concordance - Sin;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Phinehas;   Psalms, the Book of;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Justification;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Imputation;   Patience;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Phinehas;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hallelujah;   Psalms;   Righteousness;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Moloch;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Phinehas;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Alexander Jannæus (Jonathan);   Phinehas;  

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
And that was counted to him as righteousness from generation to generation forever.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And it was imputed vnto him for righteousnes from generation to generation for euer.
Christian Standard Bible®
It was credited to him as righteousnessthroughout all generations to come.
Hebrew Names Version
That was credited to him for righteousness, To all generations forevermore.
Easy-to-Read Version
He considered what Phinehas did a good work, and it will be remembered forever and ever.
Amplified Bible
And that was credited to him for righteousness, To all generations forever.
American Standard Version
And that was reckoned unto him for righteousness, Unto all generations for evermore.
Contemporary English Version
Now he will always be highly honored.
Complete Jewish Bible
That was credited to him as righteousness, through all generations forever.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And that was counted unto him for righteousness, unto all generations for ever.
King James Version (1611)
And that was counted vnto him for righteousnesse: vnto all generations for euermore.
English Revised Version
And that was counted unto him for righteousness, unto all generations for evermore.
Berean Standard Bible
It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.
Lexham English Bible
and it was reckoned to him as righteousness throughout all generations.
Literal Translation
and it was counted to him for righteousness to generation and generation, forever.
New Century Version
Phinehas did what was right, and it will be remembered from now on.
New English Translation
This brought him a reward, an eternal gift.
New King James Version
And that was accounted to him for righteousness To all generations forevermore.
New Living Translation
So he has been regarded as a righteous man ever since that time.
New Life Bible
And this made him right with God to all people forever.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So it was counted unto him, for righteousness, To generation after generation, unto times age abiding.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(105-31) And it was reputed to him unto justice, to generation and generation for evermore.
George Lamsa Translation
And that was counted to him for a victory to all generations for evermore.
Good News Translation
This has been remembered in his favor ever since and will be for all time to come.
New American Standard Bible
And it was credited to him as righteousness, To all generations forever.
King James Version
And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And that was imputed vnto hym for righteousnesse: in generation and generation for euermore.
New Revised Standard
And that has been reckoned to him as righteousness from generation to generation forever.
Darby Translation
And that was reckoned unto him for righteousness, from generation to generation, for evermore.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And it was arrettid to hym to riytfulnesse; in generacioun and in to generacioun, til in to with outen ende.
Young's Literal Translation
And it is reckoned to him to righteousness, To all generations -- unto the age.
World English Bible
That was credited to him for righteousness, To all generations forevermore.
Revised Standard Version
And that has been reckoned to him as righteousness from generation to generation for ever.
Update Bible Version
And that was reckoned to him for righteousness, To all generations for evermore.
Webster's Bible Translation
And that was counted to him for righteousness to all generations for ever.
Bible in Basic English
And all the generations coming after him kept the memory of his righteousness for ever.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And that was counted vnto him for rightuousnesse, amonge all posterites for euermore.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And it was reckoned to him for righteousness, To all generations forever.
Legacy Standard Bible
And it was counted to him for righteousness,From generation to generation forever.

Contextual Overview

13 They made haste, they forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel. 14 And they lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the dry land. 15 And he gave them their request, and sent fullness into their souls. 16 They provoked Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the holy one of the Lord. 17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and closed upon the congregation of Abiron. 18 And a fire was kindled in their congregation, and a flame burnt up the sinners. 19 And they made a calf in Choreb, and worshipped the graven image, 20 and they changed their glory into the similitude of a calf that feeds on grass. 21 They forgot God that saved them, who had wrought great deeds in Egypt; 22 wondrous works in the land of Cham, and terrible things at the Red Sea.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 25:11-13, Deuteronomy 24:13, Mark 14:3-9

Reciprocal: Genesis 15:6 - he counted Exodus 6:25 - Phinehas Numbers 25:13 - zealous Deuteronomy 6:25 - General Joshua 22:13 - Phinehas 1 Chronicles 6:4 - Phinehas Ezra 7:5 - Phinehas Malachi 2:5 - covenant Romans 4:3 - counted

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And that was counted unto him for righteousness,.... Not for his justifying righteousness before God; for all the works of righteousness done by the best of men cannot justify them before him, much less a single action: but his executing judgment in the manner he did, or slaying the above two persons, was esteemed a righteous action by the Lord himself; who upon it caused the plague to cease, and likewise gave to Phinehas the covenant of an everlasting priesthood, and to his posterity; whereby the action had eternal honour put upon it, and was sufficiently secured from the calumny of men; who might condemn it as a rash action done by a private person, assuming the office of a public magistrate; and as being a cruel one, not giving the criminals time for repentance. But all this is set aside by the testimony of God himself, approving of it; and so it continues to be esteemed, as it is said it should,

unto all generations for evermore: whenever it is spoken of, it is spoken of with commendation, as a righteous action, as expressive of true zeal for the Lord of hosts. Moreover, the covenant made with him upon it, which confirmed the justness of it, that taking place in Zadok, a priest of his line, continued in it till the Messiah came, who is a Priest for ever: see Ezekiel 44:15.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And that was counted unto him for righteousness - See Numbers 25:11-13. Compare the notes at Romans 4:3. The meaning here is, that this was regarded as a “proof” or “demonstration” that he was a righteous man - a man fearing God.

Unto all generations for evermore - Hebrew, “To generation and generation forever.” The record would be transmitted from one generation to another, without any intermission, and would be permanent. This is one of the illustrations of the statement so frequently made in the Scriptures (compare Exodus 20:6; Deuteronomy 7:9; Romans 11:28) that the blessings of religion will descend to a distant posterity. Such instances are constantly occurring, and there is no legacy which a man can leave his family so valuable as the fact that he himself fears God and keeps his laws.


 
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