Devine Scripture

Romans 9:32

Romans chapter 9 · verse 32 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;

Context

v.31but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law.

v.32This passage

v.33even as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence: And he that believeth on him shall not be put to shame.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Romans 11:11

    I say then, Did they stumble that they might fall? God forbid: but by their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, to provoke them to jealousy.

  • Matthew 13:57

    And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and in his own house.

  • Romans 4:16

    For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace; to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all

  • John 6:27

    Work not for the food which perisheth, but for the food which abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him the Father, even God, hath sealed.

  • Matthew 19:16

    And behold, one came to him and said, Teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?

  • Acts 16:30

    and brought them out and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?