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Romans 4:4
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KJ21
Now to him that worketh, his reward is reckoned not according to grace, but according to debt.
ASV
Now to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but as of debt.
AMP
Now to a laborer, his wages are not credited as a favor or a gift, but as an obligation [something owed to him].
AMPC
Now to a laborer, his wages are not counted as a favor or a gift, but as an obligation (something owed to him).
BRG
Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
CSB
Now to the one who works, pay is not credited as a gift, but as something owed.
CSBA
Now to the one who works, pay is not credited as a gift, but as something owed.
CEB
Workers’ salaries aren’t credited to them on the basis of an employer’s grace but rather on the basis of what they deserve.
CJB
Now the account of someone who is working is credited not on the ground of grace but on the ground of what is owed him.
CEV
Money paid to workers isn't a gift. It is something they earn by working.
DARBY
Now to him that works the reward is not reckoned as of grace, but of debt:
DLNT
Now to the one working, the wages are not credited to him based-on grace, but based on debt.
DRA
Now to him that worketh, the reward is not reckoned according to grace, but according to debt.
ERV
When people work, their pay is not given to them as a gift. They earn the pay they get.
EASY
When a person works to get money, it is right for him to receive his money. That money is not a gift. It is what that person ought to receive as a result of his work.
EHV
Now to a person who works, his pay is not counted as a gift but as something owed.
ESV
Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due.
ESVUK
Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due.
EXB
When people work, their ·pay [wage] is not ·given [credited; counted] as ·a gift [grace], but as something ·earned [due to them].
GNV
Now to him that worketh, the wages is not counted by favor, but by debt:
GW
When people work, their pay is not regarded as a gift but something they have earned.
GNT
A person who works is paid wages, but they are not regarded as a gift; they are something that has been earned.
HCSB
Now to the one who works, pay is not considered as a gift, but as something owed.
ICB
When a person works, his pay is not given to him as a gift. He earns the pay he gets.
ISV
Now to someone who works, wages are not considered a gift but an obligation.
PHILLIPS
Now if a man works his wages are not counted as a gift but as a fair reward. But if a man, irrespective of his work, has faith as righteousness, then that man’s faith is counted as righteousness, and that is the gift of God. This is the happy state of the man whom God accounts righteous, apart from his achievements, as David expresses it: ‘Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered; blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sin’.
JUB
But unto him that works, the reward is not reckoned as grace, but as debt.
KJV
Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
AKJV
Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
LSB
Now to the one who works, his wage is not counted according to grace, but according to what is due.
LEB
Now to the one who works, his pay is not credited according to grace, but according to his due.
TLB
But didn’t he earn his right to heaven by all the good things he did? No, for being saved is a gift; if a person could earn it by being good, then it wouldn’t be free—but it is! It is given to those who do not work for it. For God declares sinners to be good in his sight if they have faith in Christ to save them from God’s wrath.
MSG
If you’re a hard worker and do a good job, you deserve your pay; we don’t call your wages a gift. But if you see that the job is too big for you, that it’s something only God can do, and you trust him to do it—you could never do it for yourself no matter how hard and long you worked—well, that trusting-him-to-do-it is what gets you set right with God, by God. Sheer gift.
MEV
Now to him who works, wages are not given as a gift, but as a debt.
MOUNCE
Now to the one who works, his wages are not credited as a gift, but as an obligation.
NOG
When people work, their pay is not regarded as a gift but something they have earned.
NABRE
A worker’s wage is credited not as a gift, but as something due.
NASB
Now to the one who works, the wages are not credited as a favor, but as what is due.
NASB1995
Now to the one who works, his wage is not credited as a favor, but as what is due.
NCB
Now when a man works, his wages are not regarded as a gift but as something that is due to him.
NCV
When people work, their pay is not given as a gift, but as something earned.
NET
Now to the one who works, his pay is not credited due to grace but due to obligation.
NIRV
When a person works, their pay is not considered a gift. It is owed to them.
NIV
Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift but as an obligation.
NIVUK
Now to the one who works, wages are not credited as a gift but as an obligation.
NKJV
Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt.
NLV
If a man works, his pay is not a gift. It is something he has earned.
NLT
When people work, their wages are not a gift, but something they have earned.
NMB
To him who works, the reward is not reckoned from favour, but as his due.
NRSVA
Now to one who works, wages are not reckoned as a gift but as something due.
NRSVACE
Now to one who works, wages are not reckoned as a gift but as something due.
NRSVCE
Now to one who works, wages are not reckoned as a gift but as something due.
NRSVUE
Now to one who works, wages are not reckoned as a gift but as something due.
NTFE
Now when someone “works,” the “reward” they get is not calculated on the basis of generosity, but on the basis of what they are owed.
OJB
Now to him who works, the loin (wages, batzalon [remuneration]) is not credited to one’s account as a favor or gift of chesed but as a choiv (debt).
RGT
Now, to one who works, the wages are not counted by grace, but by debt.
RSV
Now to one who works, his wages are not reckoned as a gift but as his due.
RSVCE
Now to one who works, his wages are not reckoned as a gift but as his due.
TLV
Now to the one who works, the pay is not credited as a gift, but as what is due.
VOICE
Now, when you work a job, do your wages come as a gift or as compensation for your work? It is most certainly not a gift—you are only paid what you have earned.
WEB
Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as something owed.
WE
When a person works, his pay is not a gift to him. His pay belongs to him.
WYC
And to him that worketh meed is not areckoned by grace [is not given to, or reckoned, after grace], but by debt.
YLT
and to him who is working, the reward is not reckoned of grace, but of debt;
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