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


In Context

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, which followed not after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:

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

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

33 even 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.

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:31But Israel, pursuing after a law of righteousness, has not attained to 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.