Romans 9:28-30
Easy-to-Read Version
28 Yes, the Lord will quickly finish judging the people on the earth.” (A)
29 It is just as Isaiah said:
“The Lord All-Powerful
allowed some of our people to live.
If he had not done that,
we would now be like Sodom,
and we would be like Gomorrah.” (B)
30 So what does all this mean? It means that people who are not Jews were made right with God because of their faith, even though they were not trying to make themselves right.
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Romans 9:28-30
New International Version
29 It is just as Isaiah said previously:
“Unless the Lord Almighty(B)
had left us descendants,
we would have become like Sodom,
we would have been like Gomorrah.”[b](C)
Israel’s Unbelief
30 What then shall we say?(D) That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;(E)
Footnotes
- Romans 9:28 Isaiah 10:22,23 (see Septuagint)
- Romans 9:29 Isaiah 1:9
Romans 9:28-30
King James Version
28 For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
29 And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha.
30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
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Romans 9:28-30
New King James Version
28 For [a]He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness,
(A)Because the Lord will make a short work upon the earth.”
29 And as Isaiah said before:
(B)“Unless the Lord of [b]Sabaoth had left us a seed,
(C)We would have become like Sodom,
And we would have been made like Gomorrah.”
Present Condition of Israel
30 What shall we say then? (D)That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have attained to righteousness, (E)even the righteousness of faith;
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- Romans 9:28 NU the Lord will finish the work and cut it short upon the earth
- Romans 9:29 Lit., in Heb., Hosts
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