Romans 9:28
“For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Romans 9:28 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
for the Lord will execute his word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
For the Lord will execute his sentence on the world, fully and without delay.’
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Denn er vollendet die Sache und kürzt sie ab in Gerechtigkeit, denn der Herr wird eine abgekürzte Sache tun auf Erden."
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Porque palabra consumadora y abreviadora en justicia, porque palabra abreviada, hará el Señor sobre la tierra.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
porque o Senhor concluirá e executará brevemente a sentença sobre a terra”.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
pois o Senhor executará Sua palavra por toda a terra, breve e completamente."
📖 Romans 9:28 in Context
26And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
27Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
28For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.
29And 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.
30What 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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