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Romans 4:8

How joyful is the man the Lord will never charge with sin!

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Blessing;   Jesus christ;   Justification;   Law;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Blessing;   Genesis, Theology of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Justification;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Impute;   Justification;   Holman Bible Dictionary - 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;   James Epistle of;   Law;   Lord;   Master;   Romans Epistle to the;   Sin (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Impute, to,;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Impute;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Justification;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Imputation;   Justification;   Psalms, Book of;   Quotations, New Testament;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Saul of Tarsus;  

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
Blessed is the cowboy whose sins the Boss won't never hold against him."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"BLESSED IS THE MAN WHOSE SIN THE LORD WILL NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT."
Legacy Standard Bible
Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will not take into account."
Bible in Basic English
Happy is the man against whom no sin is recorded by the Lord.
Darby Translation
blessed [the] man to whom [the] Lord shall not at all reckon sin.
New King James Version
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sin." Psalms 32:1, 2 ">[fn]
World English Bible
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not charge with sin."
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Happy is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
Weymouth's New Testament
Blessed is the man of whose sin the Lord will not take account."
King James Version (1611)
Blessed is the man to whome the Lord will not impute sinne.
Literal Translation
blessed the man to whom the Lord will in no way charge sin." LXX-Psa. 31:1, 2; MT-Psa. 32:1, 2
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Blessed is the man, vnto whom the LORDE imputeth no synne.
Mace New Testament (1729)
happy is the man to whom the Lord will not account sin."
Amplified Bible
"BLESSED and HAPPY and FAVORED IS THE MAN WHOSE SIN THE LORD WILL NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT nor CHARGE AGAINST HIM."
American Standard Version
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not reckon sin.
Revised Standard Version
blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not reckon his sin."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Blessed is that ma to whom the Lorde imputeth not synne.
Update Bible Version
Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will not reckon.
Webster's Bible Translation
Blessed [is] the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
Young's Literal Translation
happy the man to whom the Lord may not reckon sin.'
New Century Version
Blessed is the person whom the Lord does not consider guilty." Psalm 32:1–2
New English Translation
blessed is the one against whom the Lord will never count sin ."
Berean Standard Bible
Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him."
Contemporary English Version
The Lord blesses people whose sins are erased from his book."
Complete Jewish Bible
Blessed is the man whose sin Adonai will not reckon against his account."
English Standard Version
blessed is the man against whom the Lord will not count his sin."
Geneva Bible (1587)
Blessed is the man, to whom the Lord imputeth not sinne.
George Lamsa Translation
Blessed is the man whose sins God will not hold against him.
Hebrew Names Version
Blessed is the man whom the Lord will by no means charge with sin."
International Standard Version
How blessed is the person whose sins the Lord will never charge against him!"Psalm 32:1-2">[fn]
Etheridge Translation
Blessed is the man to whom Aloha reckoneth not his sin.
Murdock Translation
and, Blessed is the man, to whom God will not reckon his sin.
New Living Translation
Yes, what joy for those whose record the Lord has cleared of sin."
New Life Bible
Those people are happy whose sins the Lord will not remember."
English Revised Version
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not reckon sin.
New Revised Standard
blessed is the one against whom the Lord will not reckon sin."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Happy, the man whose sin the Lord will in nowise reckon.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord hath not imputed sin.
King James Version
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
Lexham English Bible
Blessed is the person against whom the Lord will never count sin."
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Blessed is that man to who the Lorde wyll not impute sinne.
Easy-to-Read Version
It is a great blessing when the Lord accepts people as if they are without sin!"
New American Standard Bible
"BLESSED IS THE MAN WHOSE SIN THE LORD WILL NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT."
Good News Translation
Happy is the person whose sins the Lord will not keep account of!"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Blessid is that man, to whom God arettide not synne.

Contextual Overview

1 What then can we say that Abraham, our physical ancestor, has found? 2 If Abraham was justified by works, he has something to brag about—but not before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness. 4 Now to the one who works, pay is not considered as a gift, but as something owed. 5 But to the one who does not work, but believes on Him who declares the ungodly to be righteous, his faith is credited for righteousness. 6 Likewise, David also speaks of the blessing of the man God credits righteousness to apart from works: 7 How joyful are those whose lawless acts are forgiven and whose sins are covered! 8 How joyful is the man the Lord will never charge with sin!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

to whom: Isaiah 53:10-12, 2 Corinthians 5:19-20, Philemon 1:18, Philemon 1:19, 1 Peter 2:24, 1 Peter 3:18

Reciprocal: Genesis 28:4 - the blessing Exodus 34:7 - forgiving Numbers 23:21 - hath not 1 Samuel 2:2 - none holy Acts 15:1 - Except Romans 7:17 - it is no more Romans 8:1 - no

Cross-References

Genesis 4:3
In the course of time Cain presented some of the land's produce as an offering to the Lord .
Genesis 4:6
Then the Lord said to Cain, "Why are you furious? And why do you look despondent?
Genesis 4:9
Then the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" "I don't know," he replied. "Am I my brother's guardian?"
Genesis 4:10
Then He said, "What have you done? Your brother's blood cries out to Me from the ground!
Genesis 4:12
If you work the ground, it will never again give you its yield. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth."
Genesis 4:15
Then the Lord replied to him, "In that case, whoever kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over." And He placed a mark on Cain so that whoever found him would not kill him.
Genesis 4:24
If Cain is to be avenged seven times over, then for Lamech it will be seventy-seven times!
Genesis 4:26
A son was born to Seth also, and he named him Enosh. At that time people began to call on the name of Yahweh.
2 Samuel 3:27
When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside to the middle of the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died in revenge for the death of Asahel, Joab's brother.
2 Samuel 14:6
"Your servant had two sons. They were fighting in the field with no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. As he does not to those whom he justifies in Christ, and by his righteousness; for the sins of such he has imputed to his Son, as their surety; and he has bore them, took them away, having made full satisfaction for them; so that these persons will never be charged with them: they now appear before the throne without fault, and are blameless and irreproveable in the sight of God, and therefore must be eternally happy; for he will never think of their sins any more to their hurt; he will remember them no more; he "will never reckon them to them", but acquit them from them, justify and accept them; wherefore they must be secure from wrath and condemnation, enjoy much peace and comfort now, and be happy hereafter.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Will not impute sin - On whom the Lord will not charge his sins; or who shall not be reckoned or regarded as guilty. This shows clearly what the apostle meant by imputing faith without works. It is to pardon sin, and to treat with favor; not to reckon or charge a man’s sin to him; but to treat him, though personally undeserving and ungodly Romans 4:5, as though the sin had not been committed. The word “impute” here is used in its natural and appropriate sense, as denoting to charge on man what properly belongs to him. See the note at Romans 4:3.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Romans 4:8. Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. — That man is truly happy to whose charge God does not reckon sin; that is, they alone are happy who are redeemed from the curse of the law and the consequence of their ungodly life, by having their sins freely forgiven, through the mercy of God.


 
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