31But Israel, pursuing after a law of righteousness, has not attained to that law.


In Context

28 for 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.

29 And according as Esaias said before, Unless the Lord of hosts had left us a seed, we had been as Sodom, and made like even as Gomorrha.

30 What then shall we say? That they of the nations, who did not follow after righteousness, have attained righteousness, but the righteousness that is on the principle of faith.

31 But Israel, pursuing after a law of righteousness, has not attained to that law.

32 Wherefore? Because it was not on the principle of faith, but as of works. They have stumbled at the stumblingstone,

33 according as it is written, Behold, I place in Zion a stone of stumbling and rock of offence: and he that believes on him shall not be ashamed.

Romans 9:31 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:31But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:31but Israel, who pursued a law of righteousness, has not attained it.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:31But Israel, by following after the law of justice, is not come unto the law of justice.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:31but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:31but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:31But Israel, who followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:31but Israel, following after a law of righteousness, didn't arrive at the law of righteousness.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:31and Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, at a law of righteousness did not arrive;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:31But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness.