11 translations · Hebrew
Psalm 32:1
Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
Psalm 32:1 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
- KJV King James Version
- Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- AN INSTRUCTION OF DAVID. O the blessedness of him whose transgression [is] forgiven, || Whose sin is covered.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- How happy are those whose wrongs are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- By David. — An Instruction. O the happiness of him whose transgression [is] forgiven, Whose sin is covered.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Blessed is he [whose] transgression is forgiven, [whose] sin is covered!
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- A Psalm of David, Maschil. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899 · Psalm 31:1 in this edition
- To David himself, understanding. Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| לְדָוִ֗ד | lə·ḏā·wiḏ | Of David | H1732 דָּוִד David |
| מַ֫שְׂכִּ֥יל | maś·kîl | A Maskil | H4905 מַשְׂכִּיל Maskil |
| אַשְׁרֵ֥י | ’aš·rê | Blessed is he | H835 אֶ֫שֶׁר blessed |
| נְֽשׂוּי־ | nə·śui- | are forgiven | H5375 נָשָׂא to lift: raise |
| פֶּ֗שַׁע | pe·ša‘ | whose transgressions | H6588 פֶּ֫שַׁע transgression |
| כְּס֣וּי | kə·sui | are covered | H3680 כָּסָה to cover |
| חֲטָאָֽה׃ | ḥă·ṭā·’āh | whose sins | H2401 חֲטָאָה sin |
Related verses
- Romans 4:6–8
Even as David also pronounces blessing on the man to whom God counts righteousness apart from works, “Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man whom the Lord will by no means charge with sin.”
- Isaiah 44:22
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins. Return to me, for I have redeemed you.
- Psalm 85:2
You have forgiven the iniquity of your people. You have covered all their sin. Selah.
- Acts 13:38–39
Be it known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man is proclaimed to you remission of sins, and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.
- Isaiah 43:25
I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake; and I will not remember your sins.
- Micah 7:18–19
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 forever, because he delights in loving kindness. He will again have compassion on us. He will tread our iniquities under foot; and you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
- Revelation 22:14
Blessed are those who do his commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city.
- Isaiah 1:18
“Come now, and let us reason together,” says Yahweh: “Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
- Jeremiah 17:7–8
“Blessed is the man who trusts in Yahweh, and whose confidence is in Yahweh. For he will be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes, but its leaf will be green; and will not be concerned in the year of drought. It won’t cease from yielding fruit.
- Psalm 40:4
Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust, and doesn’t respect the proud, nor such as turn away to lies.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
1 Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
2 Blessed is the man to whom Yahweh doesn’t impute iniquity, in whose spirit there is no deceit.
3 When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
Read all of Psalm 32 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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