5Moses describes in this way the righteousness that is by the law: "The man who does these things will live by them."


In Context

2 For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge.

3 Since they did not know the righteousness that comes from God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness.

4 Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.

5 Moses describes in this way the righteousness that is by the law: "The man who does these things will live by them."

6 But the righteousness that is by faith says: "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?' " (that is, to bring Christ down)

7 "or 'Who will descend into the deep?' " (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).

Romans 10:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:5For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:5For Moses wrote, that the justice which is of the law, the man that shall do it, shall live by it.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:5For Moses writeth that the man that doeth the righteousness which is of the law shall live thereby.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:5For Moses lays down in writing the righteousness which is of the law, The man who has practised those things shall live by them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:5For Moses writeth that the man that doeth the righteousness which is of the law shall live thereby.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:5For Moses describeth the righteousness which is by the law, That the man who doeth these things shall live by them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:5For Moses writes about the righteousness of the law, |The one who does them will live by them.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:5for Moses doth describe the righteousness that is of the law, that, 'The man who did them shall live in them,'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:5For Moses describes the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which does those things shall live by them.