28for the Lord will execute his word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short.


In Context

25 As he saith also in Hosea, I will call that my people, which was not my people; And her beloved, that was not beloved.

26 And it shall be, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, There shall they be called sons of the living God.

27 And Isaiah crieth concerning Israel, If the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, it is the remnant that shall be saved:

28 for the Lord will execute his word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short.

29 And, as Isaiah hath said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, We had become as Sodom, and had been made like unto Gomorrah.

30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who followed not after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:

Romans 9:28 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:28For he will finish the work, and cut [it] short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:28For the Lord will carry out his sentence on earth with speed and finality."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:28For he shall finish his word, and cut it short in justice; because a short word shall the Lord make upon the earth.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:28for he is bringing the matter to an end, and cutting it short in righteousness; because a cutting short of the matter will the Lord accomplish upon the earth.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:28for the Lord will execute his word upon the earth, finishing it and cutting it short.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:28For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:28for He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, because the LORD will make a short work upon the earth.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:28for a matter He is finishing, and is cutting short in righteousness, because a matter cut short will the Lord do upon the land.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:28For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make on the earth.