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Romans 11
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949
1I say then, HasGod cast away his people? Far be the thought. For I also am an Israelite, of [the] seed of Abraham, of [the] tribe of Benjamin.
1So I say, Has God put his people on one side? Let there be no such thought. For I am of Israel, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
2God has not cast away his people whom he foreknew. Know ye not what the scripture says in [the history of] Elias, how he pleads withGod against Israel?
2God has not put away the people of his selection. Or have you no knowledge of what is said about Elijah in the holy Writings? how he says words to God against Israel,
3Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have dug down thine altars; and I have been left alone, and they seek my life.
3Lord, they have put your prophets to death, and made waste your altars, and now I am the last, and they are searching for me to take away my life.
4But what says the divine answer to him? I have left to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed knee to Baal.
4But what answer does God make to him? I have still seven thousand men whose knees have not been bent to Baal.
5Thus, then, in the present time also there has been a remnant according to election of grace.
5In the same way, there are at this present time some who are marked out by the selection of grace.
6But if by grace, no longer of works: since [otherwise] grace is no more grace.
6But if it is of grace, then it is no longer of works: or grace would not be grace.
7What [is it] then? What Israel seeks for, that he has not obtained; but the election has obtained, and the rest have been blinded,
7What then? That which Israel was searching for he did not get, but those of the selection got it and the rest were made hard.
8according as it is written,God has given to them a spirit of slumber, eyes not to see, and ears not to hear, unto this day.
8As it was said in the holy Writings, God gave them a spirit of sleep, eyes which might not see, and ears which have no hearing, to this day.
9And David says, Let their table be for a snare, and for a gin, and for a fall-trap, and for a recompense to them:
9And David says, Let their table be made a net for taking them, and a stone in their way, and a punishment:
10let their eyes be darkened not to see, and bow down their back alway.
10Let their eyes be made dark so that they may not see, and let their back be bent down at all times.
11I say then, Have they stumbled in order that they might fall? Far be the thought: but by their fall [there is] salvation to the nations to provoke them to jealousy.
11So I say, Were their steps made hard in order that they might have a fall? In no way: but by their fall salvation has come to the Gentiles, so that they might be moved to envy.
12But if their fall [be the] world's wealth, and their loss [the] wealth of [the] nations, how much rather their fulness?
12Now, if their fall is the wealth of the world, and their loss the wealth of the Gentiles, how much greater will be the glory when they are made full?
13For I speak to you, the nations, inasmuch as I am apostle of nations, I glorify my ministry;
13But I say to you, Gentiles, in so far as I am the Apostle of the Gentiles, I make much of my position:
14if by any means I shall provoke to jealousy [them which are] my flesh, and shall save some from among them.
14If in any way those who are of my flesh may be moved to envy, so that some of them may get salvation by me.
15For if their casting away [be the] world's reconciliation, what [their] reception but life from among [the] dead?
15For, if by their putting away, the rest of men have been made friends with God, what will their coming back again be, but life from the dead?
16Now if the first-fruit [be] holy, the lump also; and if the root [be] holy, the branches also.
16And if the first-fruit is holy, so is the mass: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
17Now if some of the branches have been broken out, and thou, being a wild olive tree, hast been grafted in amongst them, and hast become a fellow-partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree,
17But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, an olive-tree of the fields, were put in among them, and were given a part with them in the root by which the olive-tree is made fertile,
18boast not against the branches; but if thou boast, [it is] not thou bearest the root, but the root thee.
18Do not be uplifted in pride over the branches: because it is not you who are the support of the root, but it is by the root that you are supported.
19Thou wilt say then, The branches have been broken out in order that I might be grafted in.
19You will say, Branches were broken off so that I might be put in.
20Right: they have been broken out through unbelief, and thou standest through faith. Be not high-minded, but fear:
20Truly, because they had no faith they were broken off, and you have your place by reason of your faith. Do not be lifted up in pride, but have fear;
21ifGod indeed has not spared the natural branches; lest it might be he spare not thee either.
21For, if God did not have mercy on the natural branches, he will not have mercy on you.
22Behold then [the] goodness and severity ofGod: upon them who have fallen, severity; upon thee goodness ofGod, if thou shalt abide in goodness, since [otherwise] thou also wilt be cut away.
22See then that God is good but his rules are fixed: to those who were put away he was hard, but to you he has been good, on the condition that you keep in his mercy; if not, you will be cut off as they were.
23And they too, if they abide not in unbelief, shall be grafted in; forGod is able again to graft them in.
23And they, if they do not go on without faith, will be united to the tree again, because God is able to put them in again.
24For if thou hast been cut out of the olive tree wild by nature, and, contrary to nature, hast been grafted into the good olive tree, how much rather shall they, who are according to nature be grafted into their own olive tree?
24For if you were cut out of a field olive-tree, and against the natural use were united to a good olive-tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be united again with the olive-tree which was theirs?
25For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of this mystery, that ye may not be wise in your own conceits, that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the nations be come in;
25For it is my desire, brothers, that this secret may be clear to you, so that you may not have pride in your knowledge, that Israel has been made hard in part, till all the Gentiles have come in;
26and so all Israel shall be saved. According as it is written, The deliverer shall come out of Zion; he shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
26And so all Israel will get salvation: as it is said in the holy Writings, There will come out of Zion the One who makes free; by him wrongdoing will be taken away from Jacob:
27And this is the covenant from me to them, when I shall have taken away their sins.
27And this is my agreement with them, when I will take away their sins.
28As regards the glad tidings, [they are] enemies on your account; but as regards election, beloved on account of the fathers.
28As far as the good news is in question, they are cut off from God on account of you, but as far as the selection is in question, they are loved on account of the fathers.
29For the gifts and the calling ofGod [are] not subject to repentance.
29Because God's selection and his mercies may not be changed.
30For as indeed ye [also] once have not believed inGod, but now have been objects of mercy through the unbelief of these;
30For as you, in time past, were not under the rule of God, but now have got mercy through their turning away,
31so these also have now not believed in your mercy, in order that they also may be objects of mercy.
31So in the same way these have gone against the orders of God, so that by the mercy given to you they may now get mercy.
32ForGod hath shut up together all in unbelief, in order that he might shew mercy to all.
32For God has let them all go against his orders, so that he might have mercy on them all.
33O depth of riches both of [the] wisdom and knowledge ofGod! how unsearchable his judgments, and untraceable his ways!
33O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched out.
34For who has known [the] mind of [the] Lord, or who has been his counsellor?
34Who has knowledge of the mind of the Lord? or who has taken part in his purposes?