7What then? What Israel sought so earnestly it did not obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,


In Context

4 And what was God's answer to him? "I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed the knee to Baal."

5 So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.

6 And if by grace, then it is no longer by works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace.

7 What then? What Israel sought so earnestly it did not obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened,

8 as it is written: "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes so that they could not see and ears so that they could not hear, to this very day."

9 And David says: "May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them.

Romans 11:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:7What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:7What then? That which Israel sought, he hath not obtained: but the election hath obtained it; and the rest have been blinded.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:7What then? that which Israel seeketh for, that he obtained not; but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:7What is it then? What Israel seeks for, that he has not obtained; but the election has obtained, and the rest have been blinded,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:7What then? That which Israel seeketh for, that he obtained not; but the election obtained it, and the rest were hardened:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:7What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:7What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he didn't obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:7What then? What Israel doth seek after, this it did not obtain, and the chosen did obtain, and the rest were hardened,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:7What then? Israel has not obtained that which he seeks for; but the election has obtained it, and the rest were blinded.