KJV King James Version
And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.
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Psalm 106:31
And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.
WEB World English Bible
That was credited to him for righteousness, for all generations to come.
ASV American Standard Version
And that was reckoned unto him for righteousness, Unto all generations for evermore.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And it is reckoned to him to righteousness, To all generations—unto the age.
Surrounding context — Psalm 106
28 They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
29 Thus they provoked [him] to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them.
30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and [so] the plague was stayed.
31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.
32 They angered [him] also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
33 Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
34 They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them:
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Numbers 25:11-13Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.Mark 14:3-9And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured [it] on his head.Genesis 15:6And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.Deuteronomy 24:13In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God.
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