“Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
Parallel translations
- KJV Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
- BSB “Blessed are they whose lawless acts are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
- NKJV “Blessedare those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, And whose sins are covered;
- NASB “Blessed are those whose lawless deeds have been forgiven, And whose sins have been covered.
- NLT “Oh, what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sins are put out of sight.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Ps 32:1–2By David. A contemplative psalm. Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
- Ps 130:3–4If you, Yah, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?
- Luke 7:47–50Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.”
- Ps 85:2You have forgiven the iniquity of your people. You have covered all their sin. Selah.
- Mic 7:18–20Who 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 forever, because he delights in loving kindness.
- Ps 51:8–9Let me hear joy and gladness, That the bones which you have broken may rejoice.
- Isa 40:1–2“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God.
- Jer 33:8–9I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, by which they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, by which they have sinned against me, and by which they have transgressed against me.
- Matt 9:2Behold, they brought to him a man who was paralyzed, lying on a bed. Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, “Son, cheer up! Your sins are forgiven you.”
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