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


In Context

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 9:32 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:32Wherefore? Because [they sought it] not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

9:32Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the "stumbling stone."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:32Why so? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were of works. For they stumbled at the stumblingstone.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:32Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:32Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:32Why? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling-stone;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:32Why? Because they didn't seek it by faith, but as it were by works of the law. They stumbled over the stumbling stone;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:32wherefore? because — not by faith, but as by works of law; for they did stumble at the stone of stumbling,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:32Why? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone;