30What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;


In Context

27 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: "Though the number of the Israelites be like the sand by the sea, only the remnant will be saved.

28 For the Lord will carry out his sentence on earth with speed and finality."

29 It is just as Isaiah said previously: "Unless the Lord Almighty had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah."

30 What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained it, a righteousness that is by faith;

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

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

Romans 9:30 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

9:30What then shall we say? That the Gentiles, who followed not after justice, have attained to justice, even the justice that is of faith.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

9:30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who followed not after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:30What 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

9:30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles who followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is by faith:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

9:30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn't follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

9:30What, then, shall we say? that nations who are not pursuing righteousness did attain to righteousness, and righteousness that is of faith,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

9:30What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.