Romans 4:7

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

““Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, whose sins are covered.”

— WEB

“Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.”

— KJV

“[saying], Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, And whose sins are covered.”

— ASV

Cross-references

Related verses via the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Psalms 32:1-2 "Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered."
Psalms 130:3-4 "If you, Yah, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?"
Luke 7:47-50 "Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.”"
Micah 7:18-20 "Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn’t retain his anger…"
Psalms 85:2 "You have forgiven the iniquity of your people. You have covered all their sin. Selah."
Isaiah 40:1-2 "“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God."
Psalms 51:8-9 "Let me hear joy and gladness, That the bones which you have broken may rejoice."
Jeremiah 33:8-9 "I will cleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against me. I will pardon all their iniquities by which they have s…"

Commentary

Saying, Blessed, &c.-- (Psa 32:1-2). David here sings in express terms only of "transgression forgiven, sin covered, iniquity not imputed"; but as the negative blessing necessarily includes the positive, the passage is strictly in point.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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