32Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the "stumbling stone."
32Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but as if it were by works. They stumbled over the "stumbling stone."
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."
33 As it is written: "See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes men to stumble and a rock that makes them fall, and the one who trusts in him will never be put to shame."
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;
9:32Why so? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were of works. For they stumbled at the stumblingstone.
9:32Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;
9:32Wherefore? Because it was not on the principle of faith, but as of works. They have stumbled at the stumblingstone,
9:32Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by works. They stumbled at the stone of stumbling;
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;
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;
9:32wherefore? because — not by faith, but as by works of law; for they did stumble at the stone of stumbling,
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;